Scotland offers some of the windiest conditions in Europe, making the Shetland Islands, located in the northernmost region of the U.K., the best place to develop and harvest wind energy.
To that end, British power firm SSE has invested millions into what will be the country’s largest onshore wind farm when it is completed in 2024.
The Viking wind farm, with its 103 turbines, could power almost half a million homes.
Alistair Phillips-Davies, CEO of SSE, said that energy security is paramount.
“We don’t want to be importing oil and gas from far-flung places that we no longer want to deal with and when we no longer trust the regimes,” Phillips-Davies told CNBC.
However, a lack of capacity in the U.K.’s power grid could derail its ambitious goal of being carbon-free by 2030.
We visited the Viking wind farm that has been in the making for more than 15 years to find out more.
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5 Comments
Στην ενότητα αυτόματης μετάφρασης δεν υπάρχει η ελληνική γλώσσα.
Σας παρακαλώ φροντίστε να εμπλουτίσετε την λίστα με περισσότερες γλώσσες για να είναι κατανοητό σε μεγαλύτερο εύρος θεατών.
Ευχαριστώ πολύ για τον χρόνο σας, χαιρετίσματα από την Αθήνα πρωτεύουσα της Ελλάδας.
UK is a failing state. Better to talk about EU than UK.
Was this report made for children ? The interviewer has no idea – for a start… .strong constant wind is the best for a wind turbine location… nothing to do with strongest gust…
hoping🙏
Thank you