MORE than 1,000 people in Shetland have responded to a consultation on how community benefit money from the Viking Energy wind farm is spent. But the deadline has been extended for another two weeks, to 19 May, to allow more people to respond. Surveys were recently posted out to.
EVERY household in the isles is to be asked for their views on funding priorities for the £2.2 million a year Shetland Community Benefit Fund (SCBF) is due to receive from the Viking Energy wind farm once it becomes operational next year. The major consultation, being organised.
MORE than £500,000 has been awarded from the Viking Community Fund in the past 20 months to over 100 projects throughout the islands by Shetland Community Benefit Fund (SCBF) which runs the grant scheme during construction of the wind farm. Projects from Fair Isle to Unst and.
THE TEAM behind Shetland Community Benefit Fund has been in contact with a number of developers proposing offshore wind farms around the isles. The fund - which administers the community benefit pay-outs from the Viking Energy wind farm - is keen to get its “feet under the.