Plans to build a 103-turbine wind farm on moorland in the centre of Shetland have been approved but protesters claim the development plans are too big and will blight the landscape.
The 370 MW wind farm, the third biggest in Scotland, will be able to power more than sixteen times the number of households on Shetland. Viking wind farm is expected to bring an estimated £566 million of capital expenditure, and an annual income of £30 million per year to the Islands including £20 million to…
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