As part of the ongoing PowerShift project, this feature by Erin Rizzato Devlin explores how commercial wind farms can bring benefits to island communities, highlighting existing renewable projects in Shetland and in the Finnish Åland islands.
From Shetland to Åland: what happens when locals have the power to decide over wind farms?
Council chief executive responds to latest round of large energy project announcements
Councillors accept the findings of the energy transition task force and hear the time to act is now
Meanwhile Statkraft confirms an interest in building a ‘greener grid park’ at Scatsta
Following a visit to the isles earlier this year climate activist Tessa Khan offers her views on the need for a rapid and just transition away from fossil fuels, and the role Shetland can play.
