Dispute over ownership of sea bed threatens wind farm

The British and Irish governments are set to discuss a territorial dispute which has cast doubts over the building of a massive wind farm off the north coast of Northern Ireland, it was revealed today.

The Crown Estate last year granted a consortium – B9 Energy – a licence to carry out a study into the feasibility of building the wind farm on the undersea Tunes Plateau some five miles off the Co Derry coast.