THERE is limited scope for the council and elected members to influence major energy developments in the isles, and certainly no power to stop them from happening. Advertisement 7 of 11The scale of the developments likely to come will make Viking Energy and its associated infrastructure look small. In response to an increasingly volatile geopolitical situation, the main driver behind these projects has shifted from the energy transition to energy and national security. She said it was important for the community to understand what this latest phase of proposed developments would “collectively mean for Shetland”. There are limits to what the council can do to manage or prevent developments, and certainly very, very limited capacity to stop developments.