By Mark Williamson Group Business Correspondent SCOTTISH Hydroelectric owner SSE has passed a milestone in a project to harness the potential to generate renewable energy in the Shetland area by awarding contracts to build a subsea transmission link between the islands and the mainland. The energy giant said the Read more
FULL construction work on an electricity converter station and substation at Upper Kergord is expected to start early next year, according to developer SSEN. Enabling works are due to begin at Kergord towards the end of August 2020. It comes after energy regulator Ofgem gave the final approval for the Read more
Some information requested by members at the DPEA Stakeholders’ Meeting on 31 July 2020, is laid out below. It shows the details of cases received and decisions issued during the Covid 19 situation and comparisons with the last two years. Delegated Decisions Issued Reports Submitted Weeks Beginning 2018 2019 Read more
One of Britain’s biggest wind power developers has called on the government to scrap the limit on its next offshore wind subsidy auction to help power a green economic recovery, claiming it will not lead to a rise in energy bills. Scottish Power has urged government officials to open up Read more
Former chairman of campaign group Sustainable Shetland (SuS), Billy Fox, reflects on the rapid developments of recent weeks that have seen all the missing pieces of the Viking Energy wind farm jigsaw fall into place at an unprecedented speed. Fox was chairman of SuS at a time most wind farm Read more
I’d like to say thank you to Aileen Jackson and Rachel Connor for representing SAS at the DPEA Stakeholders’ Meeting on 31 July. The matters raised by Stakeholders’ were Virtual consultation – Aileen Jackson (SAS) Housing Land – Clare Symonds (Planning Democracy) Improved guidance to explain the appeal process – Read more