A turbine used in Statoil's Hywind development off Peterhead
The company behind the world’s first floating windfarm, off Peterhead, has revealed it is looking at further sites around the Scottish coastline.
Norwegian government-owned Statoil believes the success of the Hywind Scotland project could lead to others being placed in areas of deeper water, including in the north Atlantic.
According to Calum Iain MacIver, director of development at Western Isles Council, the prospect of further developments “opens up opportunities for the seas around the Outer Hebrides, where the wind resource is possibly unparalleled”.
