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Planning consent for second turbine on outskirts of Lerwick
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![A group of large wind turbines stands on a grassy hill under a cloudy sky.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/230830-Wind-turbines-240x140.jpeg)
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![Lerwick power station is set to produce electricity well into the next decade.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/170612_Lerwick_Power_Station-240x140.jpg)
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![A group of wind turbines on a hill.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/240203-Viking-from-Vidlin-junction-240x140.jpeg)
![A group of people sitting at tables in a conference room.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/240207-Dave-Marshall-addressing-the-forum-240x140.jpg)
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![Wind turbines on a hill next to a body of water.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/240125-turbines-240x140.png)
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![A meter with a digital display on it.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/231212-Prepayment-metre-240x140.jpg)
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![A windmill on a grassy hill.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/231129-turbine-240x140.png)
![Sullom Voe Terminal. Photo: BP](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/SVT_aerial_from_north_Photo_BP-240x140.jpg)
![Sullom Voe Terminal. Photo: BP](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/SVT_aerial_from_north_Photo_BP-240x140.jpg)
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![Lerwick power station is set to produce electricity well into the next decade.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/170612_Lerwick_Power_Station-240x140.jpg)
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![Audience attending a presentation on the benefits of membership in a conference room.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/230920-net-zero-event-240x140.jpg)
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![Four professionals posing for a photo in a conference room with a presentation screen displaying company logos in the background.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Lerwick-Port-Authority-ESB-sign-wind-farm-MoU-240x140.jpg)
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![A rural landscape with houses in the foreground and numerous wind turbines spread across the rolling hills in the background under a cloudy sky.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/230806-Viking-fromVidlin-240x140.jpeg)
![A distant view of numerous wind turbines on a barren landscape under an overcast sky.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/230905-Viking-240x140.jpeg)
![Lerwick power station is set to produce electricity well into the next decade.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/170612_Lerwick_Power_Station-240x140.jpg)
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