Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

A new report has predicted an increasing momentum for offshore oil and gas platform decommissioning in Scotland. However Scotland, and Shetland, are currently being bypassed for decommissioning offshore oil and gas platforms in favour of the north-east of England, Denmark and Norway.

The Shetland Islands Council’s latest strategic housing investment plan has been approved by members of the development committee. [LDRS]

Faroe Telecom has confirmed that it has finally reached a compensation agreement with the insurers of the Scottish fishing boat which crushed, but did not break, the Shefa 2 cable from Ayre of Cara in Orkney to Sandwick, 1 point 9 nautical miles east of Troswick Ness, near Boddam, in October 2022.

Primary schools in Shetland that are part of the University of the Highlands and Islands STEM Outreach Programme are being offered a new interactive renewables playmat.

There has been a power cut affecting 66 customers in Eshaness. SSEN said that the cause was a fault in the overhead network.

White fish box landings15 boats landed about 2100 boxes. The landings so far this week are about 6000 boxes.

Greenpeace UK has welcomed the UK government’s decision that no more licences for new oil and gas fields will be issued, although additional drilling will be allowed in existing, and already approved, fields, such as Rosebank and Cambo.