Viking Energy
Viking Energy Wind Farm online consultation
Viking Energy is proposing a 127-turbine wind farm in Shetland. In 2007 we were asked to launch an online consultation for the project to inform the island residents and their elected representatives of their plans and to enable them to ask Viking Energy questions and to read up-to-date information on the project. Since then the website has been refreshed twice ensuring the design and content is relevant and current. Key features include a videos page, streamed fly-through visualisations of the proposed project, an interactive map, and Myth Buster and FAQ sections. We have also set up for limited periods of time competition pages and a Support Letter Tool, allowing users to generate a letter of support (or just template) to send to the Energy Consents Unit. We have also designed and sent out a number of HTML newsletters emails to all 500 plus registered online consultation users.
The website has been extremely useful to us throughout our consultation process. It now reflects the latest information about the proposal as we await a decision from Government. We hope the letter tool will make it easier for people who want to show their support for the proposal to do so.
David Thomson
Project officer, Viking Energy
