Masdar snaps up stake in Peterhead floating wind farm

Michael Holder
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Norwegian energy giant Statoil sells 25 per cent stake in world's first floating wind farm project off coast of Scotland

Statoil has agreed to sell a 25 per cent stake in its Hywind pilot project to build the world's first floating wind farm off the east coast of Scotland to leading green energy investor Masdar, it announced...

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