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THE FIRST community benefit money from the Viking Energy wind farm fund is now available following a number of delays in getting the scheme up and running.
Shetland Community Benefit Fund (SCBF) chair Chris Bunyan said the organisation that administers community cash from the Viking Energy wind farm had already received 10 funding applications plus several expressions of interest.
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During its first year of operation, £340,000 will be made available for projects across the islands but there will be a focus on the communities most severely impacted by the construction of the 103-turbine wind farm.
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