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Weaning off oil, Scottish islands eye renewable future
Published Sun, Feb 19, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Lerwick, United Kingdom
STRONG winds and stormy seas have helped turn the Shetland Islands in the North Atlantic into a European renewable energy giant, producing more power than it knows what to do with.
The tidal power underwater turbines that were completed last month are only the latest green energy project for an archipelago that has been reliant for decades on the North Sea offshore industry.
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