To stay at the forefront of these developments and to drive cost reductions in deploying offshore wind, the Scottish Government wanted to encourage research and development into floating wind. Scotland is a leading market for floating offshore wind, home to the world’s first floating wind pilot park, Hywind Scotland and soon to host the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm – the 50MW Kincardine project, currently under construction off the coast of Aberdeenshire. So, floating wind technology promises to unlock a multitude of offshore wind generation sites globally, including deep waters surrounding Scotland’s coastline.
Almost 80% of Europe’s offshore wind resource is situated in ocean depths greater than 60 metres – too deep for bottom-fixed wind turbines.
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