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Ardersier secures work on Aspen wind farm off Aberdeenshire coast

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Floating wind farms involve turbines installed on platforms which are anchored to the seabed.

Aspen is being developed along with two other offshore wind farms called Beech and Cedar.

Energy firm Haventus is redeveloping the 450-acre (182ha) yard at Ardersier.

UK Energy Minister Michael Shanks visited the site on Monday.

He said: “The clean energy transition is well underway in Scotland — thanks to state-of-the-art offshore wind projects, like this one at the Port of Ardersier, that will help us deliver on our Plan for Change and clean power by 2030 mission.”

Mr Shanks said the project would bring jobs to Scotland.

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