Disappointment at size of Shetland’s consented ‘Viking’ wind farm

Disappointment at size of Shetland’s consented ‘Viking’ wind farm



The Scottish Government has approved the construction of 103 turbines by the Viking Energy developmenton Shetland – this has been greeted with disappointment by RSPB Scotland.

Whilst the developer has made welcome and considerable effort to reduce the potential impact of the initial proposal – reducing the number of turbines from an initial proposal of 200 to 103 – we believe the scale of the development should have been reduced still further to reduce the risk of harm to rare species including whimbrel and red-throated divers, for which Shetland is a UK stronghold.

Disappointment at size of Shetland’s consented ‘Viking’ wind farm
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) – Photo by Andreas Trepte – This development will put birds such as the whimbrel at risk

Read full article, which was written and published by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)

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