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United KingdomStatoil's Hywind project gets go ahead off Scotland
UK: The Crown Estate has agreed to lease Statoil the next phase of its 30MW floating turbine Hywind project 20-30 kilometres off the coast of Peterhead, north-east Scotland.
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