Wind farm connected to power North Sea gas rig

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An offshore gas rig is being hailed by its owners as the first in the North Sea to be powered by offshore wind power.

While it may be the first to have been connected, several other projects have revealed plans to power their oil and gas operations with floating offshore wind.

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