Investment in local renewables and low carbon heat. Additional funding of £5.5 million is being made available for renewables projects to contribute towards a green recovery following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Communities will be able to bid for a share of £4.5 million through the Community and Renewable Energy Scheme Read more
THE CHAIRMAN of local campaign group Sustainable Shetland, Frank Hay, has called SSE’s £580 million investment decision in the controversial Viking Energy wind farm a “cynical attempt” to undermine the ongoing consultation process into the proposed interconnector transmission link. Meanwhile, central mainland councillor Moraig Lyall said that she remained strongly Read more
SSE Renewables has pledged a near-£600 million investment in a giant Shetland onshore wind farm project. The firm announced today it has taken a final investment decision on the 103-turbine Viking Onshore Wind Farm, which lost out on a UK Government subsidy bid in September. SSE Renewables will make a Read more