Two of Europe's four floating wind farms are located off the coast of Scotland. Hywind Scotland and the Kincardine wind farm are both home to small-scale pilot projects of a few turbines each.
Maine’s formal interest in developing ocean wind energy dates back to 2008, when former Gov. John Baldacci created an Ocean Energy Task Force to devise a strategy.
Kincardine wants to start construction in the second quarter of 2016 and have the wind farm operating by the end of 2017. It could be the world's first array of floating wind turbines. Allan ...