WWF: One of the world’s largest wave stations is to be constructed in the Western Isles of Scotland. Scottish ministers have granted consent for npower renewables application to operate a wave farm with a 4MW capacity at Siadar on the Isle of Lewis. It is one of the first marine renewable energy projects to be approved in the UK and follows the recent launch of the £10 million Saltire Prize. “These kind of near-shore wave machines will be important for many of Scotland’s coastal …