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Why should Shetland not follow?

Surely there’s no need for more wind turbines/windfarms on or offshore Shetland, because:

From a laptop, type in “a nuclear reactor in a shipping container Denmark USA China”, and a copious amount of information will be displayed. Developments continue apace, with Thorium and Molten Salt the latest examples.

Indeed several modules have already been produced and supplied power.

Shetlanders may care to acquaint themselves of the above for domestic, industrial and business possibilities. Continuous uninterrupted supply – no wind outages or payments to idle units.

In addition to the price for local consumers, many connected with Shetland, including investors, electricity customers, politicians etc should consider grid stability of voltage and frequency – and these modern units [are] creating little (if any) waste. Due to its connection to Denmark no doubt the Faroese are interested. Why therefore should Shetland not follow?

Windfarms: Why invest in what may soon become an obsolete technology.

There has been nuclear reactor safely on submarines for more than half a century.

Cecil Robertson
Inverness

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