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Largest floating wind farm approved

The Scottish government announced on Monday that it granted consent to a floating offshore wind farm project, which would be the largest of its kind in the world when completed. It will be installed 25 kilometers off the coast of Peterhead, northeastern Scotland. Statoil, the company behind the project, proposes developing a pilot park of five floating 6 MW turbines with a total generating capacity of 135 GWh of electricity each year. It is expected that the Hywind Scotland development could power up to 19,900 houses.