The Viking Energy Wind Farm stands tall on Shetland’s mainland, transforming some of the world’s most productive wind speeds into clean electricity. As the Scottish Government scurries to increase the number of wind projects in Scotland, the impacts of the global wind industry are coming under increased scrutiny. Here, a single Viking turbine illustrates the connections between Shetland’s largest wind farm and supply chains in the so-called ‘global south’. Anatomy of a turbineConsider a typical Viking wind turbine, let’s call it Eyvind the Tall. Global transition, translocal costsThe industrial shift to renewables is evident in many places across the Highlands and Islands where wind farms are changing local landscapes.