Offshore wind and impact on seabed: study

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A North American study says the looming build-out of offshore wind farms could have a major impact on seabed animals.

Picking the Atlantic sea scallop as an example, it shows that conditions may not be so suitable for the bivalve in and around wind turbines.

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