Dear sir,
I am utterly appalled to hear that Ofgem have given the go-ahead for the £600,000,000 subsea cable to Shetland. This will allow the giant, industrial, 103 turbine, Viking Wind factory to proceed, all to line the pockets of modern-day invaders SSE, pillaging the subsidy system.
This unspeakable tragedy is about to trash the Shetland landscape forever, where the island’s importance to birdlife could hardly be overstated. Goodbye Whimbrel.
To remind readers, planning officials, the RSPB, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), the John Muir Trust, Shetland Amenity Trust, Shetland Bird Club, and Sustainable Shetland, along with 2,736 residents objected to the Viking Wind Farm in Shetland.
Despite all this, the Scottish Government granted planning permission, with utter disregard for the peat rich environment and birdlife. Eco tourism? Forget it.
Who could forget the rare “once in a lifetime” White-throated Needletail, tragically felled, by a single turbine in front of horrified bird watchers on Harris in June 2013?
The rotor blades of a wind turbine have a radius as long as a football field and rotate at 300 km/h. Against these huge propeller walls, Birds, Bats and insects don’t stand a chance. The German wind insect death toll is an astonishing one third of the total annual insect migration in southern England. A staggering 1,200 Tonnes a year!
Wiping out wildlife seems an utterly abhorrent way to ‘Save The Planet’.
Yours, trying to protect our wildlife not destroy it
George Herraghty Lothlorien Lhanbryde Elgin
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