Construction of World’s largest floating wind farm begins in Scottish coast

Construction on the world’s largest floating wind farm is set to begin this year off the coast of Scotland after developers were granted a lease on Monday.
Five turbines will operate in waters around 12 to 18 miles off the coast of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire as part of the Hywind project.
The project, which will have a total capacity of 30 megawatts, will begin later this year, with turbines erected in 2017 and the first power generated at the end of next year.
The Hywind Scotland Park was given consent from Marine Scotland in October 2015, but before being given the go-ahead, the Crown Estate that manages leasing of the seabed and energy company Statoil had to meet planning, finance and legal requirements.
 Rather than using fixed foundations on the seabed, the project will use a floating steel tube tethered to the seabed as a foundation for the turbines.