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Floating wind: Three Celtic Sea projects move forward in Crown Estate leasing process



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The Crown Estate has progressed three floating wind projects forward to the next stage of assessment in its leasing process, marking another major step forward in scaling up the nascent renewable power technology.
Together the projects – which are earmarked for sites in the Celtic Sea off the coasts of Devon, Cornwall and Wales – amount to a potential 300MW of power capacity from wind turbines which, rather than being fixed to the seabed, effectively float on the water, enabling their installation further out in deeper seas where winds are higher.
The Crown Estate announced on Tuesday that each project …

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