Editing Fair Isle (section)

===Electricity supply===
Fair Isle is not connected to the [[National Grid (Great Britain)|National Grid]]; electricity is provided by the Fair Isle Electricity Company. From the 1980s,<ref name="BBC-12102018">{{cite news |last=Johnston |first=John |title=The glory of 24-hour power finally reaches Fair Isle |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-45812273 |url-status=live |publisher=BBC News |date=12 October 2018 |access-date=12 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012050038/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-45812273 |archive-date=12 October 2018}}</ref> power was generated by two [[diesel generator]]s and two [[wind turbine]]s. Diesel generators were automatically switched off if wind turbines provided sufficient power. Excess capacity was distributed through a separate network for home heating, with remote frequency-sensitive programmable relays controlling water heaters and storage heaters in the buildings of the community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fairisle.org.uk/FIECo/renewed/control.htm|title=Fair Isle Renewed|work=Network Control|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042621/http://www.fairisle.org.uk/FIECo/renewed/control.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> Following the installation of three wind turbines, combined with solar panels and batteries, in a £3.5&nbsp;million scheme completed in October 2018, the island has had a 24-hour electricity supply.<ref name="BBC-12102018" />