New Wind Farm in the North East
Yesterday morning's training took the volunteer crew from Stonehaven RNLI out to the offshore wind farm being constructed 10 Nm from Stonehaven harbour.
The floating windfarm — said to be the largest in the world — is being built off the coast of North-East Scotland.
Eight six-megawatt turbines will be installed about 15km south-east of Aberdeen and will provide enough power for about 56,000 homes.
The crew of the Atlantic 75 ILB 'Aunt Betty' managed to leave a memento of their visit on one of the legs of the tower!
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