THE PRINCIPAL contractor on the Viking Energy wind farm will be sentenced in Lerwick next week in relation to the death of a 23-year-old working on the project in 2022. Liam Macdonald, from Tain, died at the Viking construction site on 5 June 2022 while working for BAM Nuttall. Read more Shetland News …
A WELL KNOWN and outspoken local tour guide is asking islanders to sign an online petition calling on councillors and senior council officials not to attend celebrations early next week which are being held to mark the completion of the Viking Energy wind farm. Read more Shetland News …
WITH the Viking Energy turbines going up at some considerable speed, islanders on both sides of the argument over the controversial project will have to get used to the new reality. Read more Shetland News …
BLADES are now being installed on the Viking Energy wind farm turbines currently under construction in Shetland’s Central Mainland. Several large cranes are working on different sites across the construction area with the first blades added to the turbine towers at Laxo and near Aith. Some photos on social media show completed turbines. Read more Shetland News …
SSE Renewables says it reached “another significant milestone” earlier today (Wednesday) with the erection of the first two turbine tower base sections at the Viking Energy wind farm site. The first two sections were assembled at a turbine site in North Nesting and is visible from the A970, south of the Vidlin junction. A spokesperson […] Shetland News …