Floating wind farms to power oil and gas

'Glomar Arctic' in the Barents Sea

A joint venture will install a second floating wind farm to provide the power to electrify oil and gas platforms in the Scottish North Sea.

Green Volt will consist of up to 35 floating turbines 80km off the coast of Peterhead in Scotland, and is scheduled to be fully operational by 2029.

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