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A turbine foundation ready for concrete at SSE’s Calliacher Wind Farm A turbine foundation ready for concrete at SSE’s Calliacher Wind Farm Construction is expected to take 3-4 years, starting in 2020 with associated road works and site preparation.

All major construction projects are closely regulated, but several special measures will be put in place to minimise short-term and long-term disruption from the Viking project.

A detailed construction timetable and a Construction Method Statement (CMS), incorporating best practice from the Scottish/UK wind industry, has been agreed with Shetland Islands Council planners.

Work that may be noisy will be restricted to 7am-7pm Monday to Friday and 7am-4pm on Saturdays, with no noisy work on Sundays.

A rotor at Calliacher is made ready for lifting in place A rotor at Calliacher is made ready for lifting in place Viking will hold regular meetings of a liaison committee comprising contractors, planners, SEPA, community councils, the Shetland Windfarm Environmental Advisory Group (SWEAG) and local residents to assess progress and deal with issues that arise.

A smaller community liaison group was established in 2020, centred around representatives of the four community councils with wind turbines proposed for their areas.

A separate Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) has been agreed and an independent Ecological Clerk of Works appointed to monitor the environmental mitigation measures that are being carried out.

 

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