Plans unveiled for ‘world’s largest’ floating wind farm in Pentland Firth

Plans have been officially unveiled for a new floating wind farm that could supply power to more than half of the homes in the Highlands.

Until earlier this year it was thought proposals for a floating development in the Pentland Firth, off the Caithness coast, had been shelved.

Swedish developer Hexicon initially put forward the development but plans dissolved in 2017 when a company set up to lead the project folded.

And despite a pledged by Hexicon to get the scheme, then called Dounreay Tri, “back on track”, there had been no movement on it in recent years.

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