A new consortium of grid operators plans a meshed network of subsea cables linking offshore wind farms across the North Sea, so surplus power from one coast can flow to another when the wind drops.
Heat pumped from the cooling systems of the data centre on the Eastmoor industrial estate will be piped to nearby homes and a school, in a pilot the council hopes could later cover much of the east of the city.
More than 600 residents of Holloway and two neighbouring villages have bought shares in a single community-owned turbine, with stakes starting at €250 and profits promised to stay in the valley.
Turbines rising from the open sea show the sheer scale of renewable energy projects.
