Revised plans for the north-east’s first offshore windfarm will be considered by councillors later this week.
The proposals for the 11-turbine scheme in Aberdeen Bay were discussed earlier this year, when members of Aberdeenshire Council said the development should be regarded as a way for the region to diversify its strengths.
However, in August, the team behind the European Offshore Wind Development Centre altered the proposals to make some of the turbines 12ft taller, taking them to a total height of 651ft.
They also reduced the size of the turbines closest to the shore by more than 47ft.
Now councillors will take another look at the plans and submit any further views to Marine Scotland, which is expected to make a ruling on the application later this year.
Developers claim the project would make Aberdeen a world energy capital, but they have met strong opposition from US billionaire Donald Trump, who has halted work on his golf resort at the nearby Menie Estate pending a decision on the offshore test centre plans.
Despite objections from the Ministry of Defence and the National Air Traffic Service, Marine Scotland has received 462 letters of support for the scheme and just 137 against.
Aberdeenshire Council’s Formartine and Buchan area committees have already reviewed the proposals and raised concerns about the visual and noise impact on homes, as well as the effects on marine radar systems and the MoD’s firing range at Blackdog.