Plans for a major new power line from Caithness to Peterhead will lead to some “unavoidable” visual and landscape impacts, according to power company SSEN.
A £7 billion upgrade is planned to the transmission network to connect renewables projects and support the drive towards net zero.
It includes a new 400kV overhead line between Spittal in Caithness and Beauly, and from Beauly to Peterhead.
A subsea connection from the Western Isles is planned to connect to Beauly via underground cables and a high voltage direct current converter station.
Three new 400KV substations are also earmarked for Beauly, Spittal and Loch Buidhe, in Sutherland. Read more: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/…/power-lines-plan…/
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