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The Highland Council have raised no objection to proposals for a 277-turbine wind farm off the Caithness coast.
The Scottish Government had asked for the views of the local authority views on the Beatrice Offshore Windfarm project before it made its final decision.
On Tuesday, officials for the council found no objections to the scheme.
If final permission is approved, more than half of the turbines on the site will be 613ft in height, with work starting as early as 2015 and the first electricity being exported from the site to shore by summer 2018.
Two experimental turbines are already located on the proposed site.
Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited is a joint partnership formed between SSE Renewables and Repsol Nuevas Energias UK.
Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd wants to construct up to 339 turbines across three offshore wind farms located 22km (13.5 miles) from the Caithness coast as part of a £4.5bn project.
(JP/CD)
