Scotland's pioneering floating wind farm to begin construction this year

Michael Holder
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Norwegian firm Statoil set to start construction of 'world's largest' floating wind farm in the coming months after securing sea bed lease

Construction work is set to begin later this year on what will be the world's largest floating wind farm, after the project was granted a seabed lease by the Crown Estate for an area off the coast of Scotland....

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