SSE Renewables boss expecting Viking wind farm to deliver near offshore levels of generation

A leading figure behind a major Scottish onshore wind farm says he expects the development to deliver “exceptional” levels of productivity.

By Hamish Penman

19/08/2021, 12:01 am Updated: 19/08/2021, 3:42 pm

Viking wind farm generation — One of the five turbines bases to have so far been kitted out with steel-casing

A leading figure behind a major Scottish onshore wind farm says he expects the development to deliver “exceptional” levels of productivity.

Derek Hastings, SSE Renewables’ head of onshore projects, says Viking, currently under construction on Shetland, differs “quite significantly” from what’s already on the market, given the “strength and consistency” of winds on the island.

As such, he anticipates the 103-turbine

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