Greenhead Base News Today

PLANS are afoot to expand the Dales Voe base in Lerwick ahead of anticipated growth in decommissioning and offshore renewables. Lerwick Port Authority (LPA) said in a planning statement that there is an expectation of more large decommissioning projects coming to Shetland over...

THE MAIN road into the Gremista Industrial Estate and the Greenhead Base was closed for a while on Tuesday morning following a head on crash between two vans. Police said that the two drivers have been taken to hospital with minor injuries. Emergency services were called to the...

  We currently have a vacancy for a fixed term (12 months) Accounts Assistant based at Greenhead Base, Shetland. The position will be responsible for timewriting, raising sales invoices and completing supplier statements on a monthly basis. They will also be required to...

THE FIRST delivery of Viking Energy turbine parts left Lerwick for the wind farm site this morning (Monday) at 6am - starting months of convoys on the A970. It is anticipated that three convoys per day will take place from Lerwick to the Central Mainland, on Monday to Saturdays,...

WIND turbine manufacturer Vestas has again expressed its confidence that all 103 Viking Energy turbines will be in place by the end of the year. Components for the turbines have been arriving at Lerwick Harbour since the end of last year, and this week saw the publication of a...

Specialist police officers are being drafted in from the mainland to escort convoys of Viking Energy windfarm components to the construction site.

OFFLOADING the first shipment of turbine blades for the Viking Energy wind farm is underway at the Greenhead Base in Lerwick today (Friday). The first consignment of 57 metre long blades arrived on board the BBC Belem on Thursday afternoon. Offloading and storage will continue...

A FURTHER shipment of components for the Viking Energy wind farm is currently being offloaded at the Greenhead Base. The 133-metre cargo ship MV Caroline arrived at Lerwick Harbour with turbine tower parts on Sunday evening. It is the third such consignment to arrive at the port...

Drone footage has offered an insight into the huge scale of the operation bringing windfarm components into Shetland. 

PETERSON Energy Logistics has finally confirmed what already had become obvious when the first components for the 443MW Viking Energy wind farm arrived at the Greenhead Base in December last year. The company has been awarded the logistics contract from turbine manufacturer...