Up Helly Aa from Upholiday, the lowland Scots word for Twelfth Day, and was brought by them to the Shetland Islands in the 19th century. There is a main guizer who is dubbed the "Jarl". There is a committee which a person must be part of for 15 years before one can be a jarl, and only one person is elected to this committee each year. The procession culminates in the torches being thrown into a replica Viking longship or galley. The event happens all over Shetland and is currently celebrated at ten locations – Scalloway, Lerwick, Nesting and Girlsta, Uyeasound, Northmavine, Bressay,
Lerwick District Heating and Energy Recovery Plant abstract heat from the sea is being planned for 2016. Another possibility being considered is electric boilers powered by wind turbines which could help grid stabilization. Lerwick District Heating and Energy Recovery Plant Lerwick District Heating and Energy Recovery Plant is a district heating scheme based in Lerwick, Shetland and operated by the Shetland Islands Council. There is an additional input of heat from a private biomass plant. The main offices are located close to the Lerwick Power Station along with a 12 MWh heat accumulator. Heat is not provided from the power station as it is due to be