Carmichael: Telecoms security is vital to isles
Resilience of telecoms cables in UK waters must be debated, says the Orkney and Shetland MP. After a communications blackout in the isles last week,…
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Why not generate power locally? (John Tulloch)
The proposed new Lerwick Power Station at Rova Head was, at least, 50 percent bigger than necessary. It had double the capacity (120MW) of the…
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SSE consults on burying subsea cables to Shetland’s isles
Electricity giant SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy) is to launch a public consultation on burying subsea cables to islands off the Shetland Mainland, which could
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