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From Shetland to Åland: what happens when locals have the power to decide over wind farms?

12d 10h ago by slrpnk.net/u/punksnotdead in scotland@slrpnk.net from www.scottishbeacon.com

Shetland is the windiest region in the UK if not in Europe, and the wind industry is loving it. Thanks to a 600MW subsea cable and the prospect of another, much larger, such cable, the renewables industry is turning the islands upside down. No surprise then that, thanks to its…