The last shipment of wind turbine components for the Viking Wind Farm in Shetland rolled in last week, marking a major milestone for the project. Over 280 convoys were completed since getting underway in February, which has seen over one thousand turbine components transported from Lerwick Port to Viking Wind Farm site.

A specialist team from Police Scotland co-ordinated the convoys, with the turbine manufacturer Vestas being responsible for safely managing the process of getting the components from their factories to Lerwick and then taking their final journey to the Viking site.

The installation of 103 Vestas V117 turbines which will operate in the 4.3 MW power mode continues to make good progress with 83 turbines now fully erected. The project team have worked at pace in some very challenging conditions, with all the components on site, all turbines are expected be installed by autumn 2023, SSE Renewables said in a statement.

“It’s great that we’ve reached this milestone in the project with convoys completing. It takes a lot of planning and organisation to get to this point. It’s been a huge team effort from Police Scotland, Vestas and McFadyen’s Transport Ltd, a specialist haulage company based in Scotland, to complete this phase of the project with minimal impact on motorists,” said Heather Donald, SSE Renewables’ Onshore Renewables Development and Construction Director.

Once complete in 2024, the 443 MW Viking Wind Farm will be capable of producing enough energy to power the equivalent of almost half a million homes, including every home in Shetland – playing a crucial role towards achieving Scotland’s net zero targets.

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