COMMUNITIES in the North Isles of Shetland are keen to see a higher rate of community benefit paid out from Statkraft’s two planned wind farms in Yell. Unst...

Priest meanwhile said there needs to be a scheme that is “seen as fair by the communities directly impacted by the developments, otherwise the confidence in the process is eroded away”.

While Statkraft’s two wind farms could in theory pay out around £1 million a year across the three North Isles areas, a community-owned wind farm in Yell with just five turbines regularly provides more.

North Yell Development Council’s Garth wind farm near Cullivoe, which has a capacity of 4.5MW, sees profits – usually a seven figure sum – reinvested into the community and the local development company.