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On 30 October 2015, Statoil ASA (now Equinor), through its Hywind Scotland project, received a Marine Licence from Marine Scotland to develop the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, located about 25 km off Peterhead. The licence covers the offshore works including five floating wind turbines and the export cable that transports electricity from the Pilot Park to shore, forming the Hywind Scotland Export grid connection. A later decommissioning document confirms that in 2015 Hywind (Scotland) Limited also secured full planning permission for the associated onshore works, ensuring all main planning consents for the export cable and related transmission infrastructure were in place.