A SCOTTISH Government grant worth £10 million which is destined to go towards a new ferry for Shetland Islands Council (SIC) is being funded from revenue related to offshore wind development. Meanwhile around £185 million of ScotWind revenue is designated to support offshore wind capital investment, nature restoration and energy and transition funds. “But most appalling is that an unspecified amount is going straight back to support offshore wind capital investment,” she said. However speaking this week, Northern Isles MP Alistair Carmichael accused Crown Estate Scotland of “squandering” tens of millions of pounds in possible ScotWind revenue through a cap of £100,000 per square kilometre. Advertisement 10 of 11The Arven and Stoura offshore wind farms, planned to the east of Shetland, came through the ScotWind leasing process.