One month deadline for objectors
By JOHN ROBERTSON The team in charge of the planning process for the Viking windfarm application has confirmed that objectors have just one month to…
READ FULL STORYStories tagged with Tag: Viking Energy
Windfarm could earn community £37m a year – but it will cost more
By JOHN ROBERTSON Shetland could earn £37 million a year from its proposed giant windfarm, according to revised figures in Viking Energy’s planning application, lodged…
READ FULL STORYWindfarm may take half its 25-year lifespan to pay off carbon dioxide emissions caused by its construction
By JOHN ROBERTSON The windfarm could take more than half its lifespan to pay back the carbon pollution it causes if more peat bog becomes…
READ FULL STORYEurope’s largest windfarm opens
Viking Energy lodging its planning application on Wednesday was somewhat overshadowed by the opening the same day of Europe’s largest onshore wind farm in the…
READ FULL STORYMulti-million bonanza from Viking windfarm
Shetland could earn £37 million a year from the giant Viking windfarm, according to revised figures in Viking Energy’s application for planning consent, lodged on…
READ FULL STORYWindfarm models to go on show …
By JOHN ROBERTSON The Viking Energy Partnership has unveiled a large scale model of Shetland showing for the first time how its proposed windfarm sits…
READ FULL STORYViking roadshows will reveal final plans
By JOHN ROBERTSON The exact size and layout of Shetland’s giant community windfarm will be revealed later this month as Viking Energy prepares to apply…
READ FULL STORYMonitoring group for Viking
An environmental monitoring group is being set up for the proposed Viking Energy wind farm which will play a similar role to the advisory group…
READ FULL STORYBoost for isles renewables
By LOUISE THOMASON THE FUTURE of renewable energy in Shetland received a major boost this week as Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond announced a major…
READ FULL STORYMather presses for fairer wind transmission charges
By RYAN TAYLOR CALLS by Viking Energy for a fairer system of transmission charges were given further backing by the Scottish government this week. Energy…
READ FULL STORYFranklin the Viking vessel
A SURVEY vessel has been at work in the first stages of planning for Viking Energy to establish its windfarm development. The Franklin was studying…
READ FULL STORYViking starts search for 50 engineers
By JOHN ROBERTSON SHETLANDERS with a head for heights could carve out lucrative careers with Viking Energy in future if the windfarm gets the go-ahead….
READ FULL STORY
Get Latest News in Your Inbox
Join the The Shetland Times mailing list to get one daily email update at midday on what's happening in Shetland.