New Shetland windfarm could power nearly 500,000 homes

BBCPower is flowing from the Shetland Isles to mainland Britain for the first time as the UK's most productive onshore windfarm comes on stream.SSE says its 103-turbine project, known as Viking, can generate 443 megawatts (MW) of electricity, enough to power nearly 500,000 homes.Shetland is the windiest part of the UK, which means it will be rare for the blades, which reach a massive 155m at their tip, not to be…