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Viking Energy's head of development has welcomed a UK government announcement that it will support renewable energy generation in remote islands. (more…) Read more...
Shetland Islands Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) is helping local people get ready for winter by hosting a special free energy-saving event tomorrow (5th November). CAB advisers will be on hand at the CAB office in Market House, Lerwick, between 10am and 12noon, to offer benefit checks so people can... Read more...
Shetland Gas Plant was formally opened today by energy secretary Amber Rudd addressing a host of Total top brass and local and national politicians. (more…) Read more...
Voters will go to the polls in June to have their say on whether the UK should be in or out of the European Union. Prime Minister David Cameron’s marathon negotiations in Brussels resulted in a deal which grants Britain, in his words, a “special status” within the EU. That paves the way for th... Read more...
Councillors will this year be asked to consider how best to deal with the ageing waste to heat energy plant which fuels the town’s district heating system. (more…) Read more...
Conservative politician and Scottish MEP Ian Duncan has expressed concerns that plans for an EU Energy Union may remove flexibility from national governments when determining their own energy policies. (more…) Read more...
By JOHN ROBERTSON Scottish and Southern Energy could connect Shetland to the National Grid for at least £100 million less if it is allowed to lay a single cable circuit instead of having to provide an emergency back-up. The company is trying to persuade the UK electricity regulator Ofgem of its... Read more...
Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael has criticised the Prime Minister for his “neglectful attitude” towards the country's energy sector after it emerged the Prime Minister in his cabinet reshuffle has appointed a part time peer as the UK government's energy minister. (more…) Read more...
A development worker who will prepare the isles for the arrival of energy companies wanting to harness Shetland’s powerful wave and tidal resources is to be based at the NAFC Marine Centre in Scalloway thanks to European funding. The 12-month project, launched by Highlands and Islands Enterpris... Read more...
By JOHN ROBERTSON INVESTIGATIONS are taking place into building a new power station on a site further out of Lerwick because the existing one at Gremista will struggle to meet more modern pollution standards. Scottish and Southern Energy is currently assessing a range of possible options for ... Read more...