Faulty Papa Stour power cable to be replaced
THE SUBSEA electricity cable to Papa Stour will be replaced after it developed a fault earlier this year. The hope from SSEN is to carry out the work by the end of September. Read more Shetland News …
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Sullom Voe Terminal to be connected to the grid by the end of next year
POWER supply to the Sullom Voe Terminal is set to be provided by two 43-kilometre underground power lines from the Gremista substation by the end of next year. Read more Shetland News …
An ‘awful shame’ as century-old tree cut down by power company without owners’ permission
A TREE thought to be more than 100 years old has been cut down in Yell by power company SSEN without the landowners’ knowledge or permission. Landowner Rowland Morewood described the incident, at Seafield House in North-a-Voe, as an “awful shame”. Read more Shetland News …
Government approves plans for new overhead power lines
PLANS for new overhead power lines spanning a distance of 11.5km through Shetland’s Central Mainland have been given the go-ahead from the Scottish Government. Read more Shetland News …