Councillors approve wind farm car park plans despite ‘reservations’
Westside resident Sally Huband has been forced to sell her house in East Burrafirth to escape subaudible acoustic emissions from the Viking turbines. Here she details her – so far – unsuccessful attempts to get the industry to act on the issue.
- Existing local electricity producers fear they could be ‘switched off’
- But SSEN says new Gremista grid access point is a ‘positive change’
- Concern over a possible Viking phase two
A second planning monitoring audit report, meanwhile, has been released
SSE is awaiting the outcome of a consultation on a 600MW transmission link to the Scottish mainland, which is necessary for the wind farm to go ahead
Energy regulator encourages SSEN to submit revised proposals for vital interconnector
Pete Bevington is one of the organisers of Lament for the Lang Kames, a ‘funeral procession’ being held on Saturday for “all that will be lost if Viking Energy goes ahead as planned”. He explains why the procession – coffin and all – is taking place.
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