Shell and ScottishPower eye large-scale floating wind project for north east Scotland

Cecilia Keating
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Energy companies announce they have submitted multiple bids to ScotWind, the first offshore wind leasing round in Scottish waters for more than a decade

Shell and ScottishPower have revealed they plan to work together to develop some of the world's first large-scale floating wind farms, having submitted multiple bids to Scotland's offshore wind leasing...

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