Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon on a fly-over of the world's first floating wind array, Hywind Scotland, in the North Sea Photo: Statoil

'Vital step': Scotland starts taking bids for landmark offshore wind power tender

Country's first 'self administered' sector leasing round could lead to construction of 10GW of fixed and floating plant driven by $11.5bn wave of investment

15 January 2021 12:36 GMT Updated 15 January 2021 17:11 GMT

By Darius Snieckus

Scotland has opened the gates on its first ScotWind offshore wind leasing round, widely

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'Vital step': Scotland starts taking bids for landmark offshore wind power tender