As SSEN roll out their horrific concrete and steel road show, from north to
south and east to west, shell-shocked communities right across the
Highlands are left reeling from the devastation SSEN want to unleash upon
For some the shock that their homes could be forcibly bought out and
bulldozed; woodlands and farmland industrialised as compulsory purchase
orders are threatened has caused immeasurable stress among rural folk.
While once your home was considered your sanctuary it seems now that a
multinational, answerable to its shareholders and apparently backed by your
elected representatives, is given carte blanch to not only speculate in
your community but ride roughshod over your life too and you will pay for
it on your energy bills.
It is utterly unforgivable that huge swathes of our Highlands, not SSEN’s
or the Scottish government’s Highlands, is going to be used as a cash cow
for the wind industry because make no mistake this is what SSEN’s new
transmission lines are for.
Their majority shareholder, SSE, highly successful wind developer and
recipient of millions in constraints to switch unwanted power from their
turbines off, must be delighted that they will be given further
opportunities to spear 200m wind turbines through some of our most precious
landscapes and habitats for profit.
This industrialisation cannot be allowed to continue seemingly unabated.
The paying public is entitled to full details of the UK wide grid plan,
costs of current plans and alternatives discarded. We should also be given
analysis and predictions of what is expected in the future because, when
asked at a public meeting, SSEN were unable to confirm if this round of
massive pylon lines would be the last we would be facing.
When will our elected representatives in government, including Ian
Blackford MP, protect Highlanders and rein in their so called ‘colleagues’
at SSEN?
Lyndsey Ward Spokeswoman for Communities B4 Power Companies
Beauly
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