Members of the North Planning Applications Committee areset to discuss the up-to-339-turbine development at their meeting in Inverness nextTuesday. Planning officials are recommending they “raise no objections” to the£4.5bn ($6.8bn) project which would cover 114 sq km.

Moray Firth is a joint venture between Portugal's EDPR and Spain's Repsol Nuevas Energias.

Developer Moray Offshore Renewables says the projectcould create hundreds of local jobs and provide electricity for around one millionhomes.

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