Balancing Act: New offshore wind research aims to deliver net gain for biodiversity

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Offshore wind farm in the North Sea | Credit: Vattenfall
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Offshore wind farm in the North Sea | Credit: Vattenfall

The Crown Estate has partnered with the Rich North Sea programme to harness state-of-the-art modelling to help identify how best to protect marine life

Data collected by industry, government, and academics across seven countries - including 50,000 seabed samples - is to be deployed as part of efforts to ensure the expansion of offshore wind projects delivers...

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