Our climate editor checks out the world's largest floating wind farm off the coast of Scotland.
It says it produces enough electricity each year to power 35,000 British homes.
The aim is to drive down costs by 75% and "help the US lead on offshore wind", according to the White House.The UK's independent climate advisors, the Climate Change Committee , says that about half of the 100GW of offshore wind it expects will have been installed by 2050 will be on floating platforms.
Floating wind is set to be a £400-5000bn global market by 2050, calculates the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, a UK research centre for offshore wind technology. Oil and gas platforms tend to come as one-off orders, but floating wind platforms will need to be constructed on a "production line".The UK government has promised £160m to beef up the country's port infrastructure but RenewableUK believes more investment will be needed.
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