BURGAR HILL WIND FARM, MAINLAND ISLAND

Orkney Sustainable Energy’s owner and managing director Richard Gauld, right, has worked with wind energy since 1987. “Orkney is a first-rate location for windfarms, with our projects producing high volumes of sustainable electricity, and the developments are perhaps the best examples of locally owned renewable energy projects in Scotland,” he says. “The success of wind energy in Orkney has been down to the vision of the original development teams, along with the support of the community.”