With the first leasing auction for Scottish seabeds in a decade about to take place, ScottishPower and Shell have joined forces in a new partnership to build offshore windfarms in deeper waters than ever before.ScotWind is a programme managed by Crown Estate Scotland, which will lease areas of the seabed around Scotland for windfarm developments including – for the first time – floating wind turbines.Crown Estate Scotland is due to decide at the start of 2022 on which applicants have been successful in their bids for offshore wind sites.The development of deep water windfarms is regarded as the opening up of a new frontier.Floating offshore turbines are suitable for use in deeper water, where fixed foundations aren’t feasible, making them
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