WATCH: Reader’s view of windfarm convoy
This will be a sight on many roads around Shetland for the next few months as equipment for the Viking Energy windfarm project gets delivered….
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Viking windfarm blades arrive
The latest shipment of the machinery for the Viking Energy windfarm arrived in Greenhead bays yesterday. BBC Belem was the fifth such cargo vessel to…
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Viking shortlisted for community award
Viking Energy has been shortlisted for a community engagement award. At this year’s Scottish Green Energy Award, celebrate organisations, people and projects nationally in sectors…
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Viking chief admits mistakes made and slip should have been reported
Viking windfarm stakeholder manager Aaron Priest has admitted a peat slip at their Mid Kames site earlier this month “should have been reported more quickly”….
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Peat slide at Viking’s Mid Kames site but SSE says ‘area is safe’
A Sustainable Shetland campaigner has expressed concerns after a peat slide at Viking’s Mid Kames site last week. A video, which can be viewed in…
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SSEN ground investigations to take around eight weeks
A programme of SSEN ground investigation works are set to begin tomorrow (Thursday) and take around eight weeks.
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Consultation will ask how Viking funds should be spent
The Shetland Community Benefit Fund (SCBF) has signed up to a consultation which will ask folk how its money should be spent. The fund will…
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Councillors refuse planning permission for two Viking batching plants
Councillors have refused planning permission for two temporary concrete batching plants, which were due to be used for the construction of the Viking Energy wind
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Another 100 windfarm workers expected by the end of this year
Around 100 more windfarm workers will be on site by the end of this year, according to Viking’s Aaron Priest. He was providing an update…
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‘Glaring gaps’ in Viking report, councillor says
Councillor Moraig Lyall has slammed a council report in response to a petition concerning the Viking Energy windfarm project as having “glaring gaps”. A report…
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Windfarm benefit fund to donate to MRI appeal
The Shetland Community Benefit Fund will donate £200,000 to the MRI scanner appeal. The directors of the fund, set up to redirect money from the…
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‘Disappointed’ but still ‘committed’ – Viking Energy reacts to CfD decision
Viking Energy is “very disappointed” but still “committed” to developing its proposed 103-turbine windfarm in the Central Mainland, after missing out on a contract to
READ FULL STORYCouncil adjourns Viking Energy decision
A meeting to determine whether the council will object to an application to increase the size of the turbines which would form the Viking Energy…
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