In its firstofficial statement since winning consent for a revised version of the wind farmlast April, Viking Energy says it does not expect the project to be completeduntil November 2018, with construction slated to start in early 2016.

Previously,the project had been due for completion in December 2017.

In the shortterm, that means that detailed ground investigations will not commence untilnext year at the earliest, as the project’s entire work programme isrescheduled.