January 7, 2026

MORE THAN a quarter of Scotland’s wasted onshore energy came solely from the Viking wind farm in 2025, earning SSE nearly £10 million in constraint payments. https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2026/01/06/viking-responsible-quarter-scotlands-wasted/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPLCb5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeXc5vH1d6o4otAPgYT8ixZPZdq89B5lNcHx0vSmsMT1CpdaTMAb5lJ78ciyM_aem_4eODvKVB-nVQznfopBu9Rw

Scotland’s biggest offshore wind farm wasted three quarters of the energy it produced last year after being paid to switch off its turbines. The Seagreen wind farm off Scotland’s east coast is squandering vast amounts of its power because there is not enough grid capacity to transport it to areas Read more