'Much fairer': all profits from new Orkney windfarm to benefit locals

Construction due to begin in 2027 on what is expected to become UK's largest publicly owned windfarmEvery islander on Orkney is expected to benefit from a major windfarm being built by the local council after it won ?62m in financing from the UK's national wealth fund.All the profits from the project to build up to 18 turbines across three islands on Orkney will be spent on local services, council officials said, in what is expected to become the UK's largest publicly owned windfarm. Continue reading...