'World's deepest' offshore wind turbine installed off Scottish coast

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Foundation installation at the Seagreen Wind Farm site 27 kilometres off the coast of the county of Angus in Scotland Credit: SSE Renewables
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Foundation installation at the Seagreen Wind Farm site 27 kilometres off the coast of the county of Angus in Scotland Credit: SSE Renewables

Record-breaking offshore wind turbine foundation installed at SSE's giant 1.1GW Seagreen project, as project takes another step towards powering 1.6 million homes

The world's deepest wind turbine foundation has been installed at what will be Scotland's largest offshore wind farm almost 17 miles off the coast of Angus. The 1.1GW Seagreen project from developers...

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