Wind Isle Yell Tender

Project Location Yell ShetlandScope Norwegian energy major Statkraft has been named as the development partner of a new up-to-200MW wind project on the Isle of Yell in Scotlands Shetland archipelago. Statkraft is backing Energy Isles a consortium of 50 mainly Shetland-based companies to develop the project on the remote island. The consortium has submitted its application to build the project with the Scottish government. If approved the wind farm could be online by 2026. The plan is to install 29 turbines with a 200-metre tip height in the north of the island. Onshore wind projects on remote islands in the UK such as Yell are eligible to bid in to the UKs contracts for difference support scheme.