Satellite shows Shetland Viking onshore wind farm works from space
Engineering works to install a mammoth onshore wind farm on a Scottish island are visible from space.
Engineering works to install a mammoth onshore wind farm on a Scottish island are visible from space.
“We need more Viking type projects, it's just difficult to find the space”, said Derek Hastings, SSE Renewables' head of onshore projects.
It is hoped the creation of offshore renewable hubs could provide an alternative to decommissioning oil and gas assets.
Suspected unexploded ordnance has been found along the route of the planned subsea cable that will link Shetland to the mainland.
North Sea oil and gas fields could one day receive green power from a huge substation, currently under construction in Shetland.
A leading figure behind a major Scottish onshore wind farm says he expects the development to deliver “exceptional” levels of productivity.
Vestas Wind Systems has teamed up with SSE Renewables in order to blood the next generation of wind turbine technicians.
Shetland suppliers have benefitted from almost £5 million resulting from the development of a huge onshore wind farm on the island.
A new report setting out the how onshore wind projects in Scotland have contributed to the restoration and promotion of peatland has been released.
Scottish energy firm SSE has joined the “Race To Zero” campaign, pledging to reduce its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 at the latest.
Work to install a huge power link cable between Shetland and the Scottish mainland is expected to get underway later this month after the main contractors were appointed.
Energy regulator Ofgem has approved a huge power link cable from the Shetland Isles to the Scottish mainland.