World’s ‘most potent greenhouse gas’ escaped during work on UK windfarm

More than 80 staff at 3bn Seagreen project, 27 km off Scotland's Angus coastline, were forced to evacuate

The world's most potent greenhouse gas" escaped during work on Scotland's largest offshore windfarm, forcing the evacuation of workers, it has emerged.

More than 80 workers on a platform at the 3bn Seagreen project, which is 27km off Scotland's Angus coastline in the North Sea, had to move to another platform after sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) escaped.