Energy giant nominated for awards
SSE Renewables has been nominated for two awards relating to work at the Viking Energy windfarm. The energy giant is up for an award in…
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SSE Renewables donate almost £400,000 to charities and groups in Shetland
SSE Renewables has donated almost £400,000 through the Viking Community Fund to almost 70 local charities and community groups in Shetland within the last year.
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Work on overhead power lines from Kergord to Gremista set to start
SSEN Transmission says work to construct 12km of overhead power lines from Kergord to Gremista is set to get under way. Principal contractors Norpower are…
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WATCH: Viking blades carve their way through construction site
Developers of the Viking Energy windfarm say the project is entering its final stages – with all 103 turbines expected to be up by the
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Viking spend tops £70 million as Scottish minister visits site
A Scottish minister hailed the impact of Viking Energy as spending on the windfarm topped £70 million. Viking said that, since work started in 2020,…
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Children create their own turbines at net zero event
Young Shetlanders attended a Science Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) to discuss career paths in the sector and meeting Net Zero ambitions.
READ FULL STORYLatest image of Viking turbines
This is the latest aerial image of the Viking Energy windfarm showing the scale of the major development. The image was taken by photographer John…
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Plans for overhead power lines from Kergord to Gremista approved
The Scottish government has approved plans to construct a controversial 23km cabling route between Kergord and Gremista. SSEN Transmission had applied for permission to build…
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‘Significant milestone’ as Viking hails completion of first turbine
Viking has celebrated the completion of the first two turbines in its windfarm as another “significant milestone”.
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Next section of subsea cable laying gets under way in Weisdale Voe
The penultimate section of subsea cable laying for the Viking windfarm project has gotten under way in the Weisdale Voe. Specialist cable laying vessel NKT…
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WATCH: First Viking convoy went ‘without a hitch’
Viking Energy has celebrated another “huge milestone” after the first convoy transporting turbine components went “without a hitch”.
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Rolling roadblocks planned for Viking Energy convoys
Six months of rolling roadblocks are to start on Monday as the first convoy of Viking Energy windfarm components sets off under police escort.
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No trout in Burn of Lunklet because of metals, damning report finds
Trout can no longer live in the Burn of Lunklet because of high concentrations of metal from the Viking construction site, a damning report has
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More than 250 convoys of Viking Energy components planned over six months
Specialist police officers are being drafted in from the mainland to escort convoys of Viking Energy windfarm components to the construction site.
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