Plans to build a major floating wind farm off the Aberdeenshire coast have taken a step forward, it has been announced. The Crown Estate, which manages the seabed, has granted a lease to the Norwegian firm Statoil which allows the construction of the Hywind project – 15 miles off Peterhead – to begin. The first power is expected to be generated towards the end of 2017. Marine Scotland granted consent for the five 6MW turbines last year. WWF Scotland director Lang Banks said: “Successfully developing floating turbines could enable Scotland to secure even more clean energy from offshore wind in the future.”
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