Anger at latest Loch Ness windfarm proposal

[theHandpuppet]

The Scotsman
Anger at latest Loch Ness windfarm proposal
by ALISTAIR MUNRO
04 August, 2014

CONSERVATIONISTS have reacted with fury at the latest windfarm proposal on the hills above Loch Ness - making it nine projects in the planning, or being constructed, for the iconic area.

The 14-turbine development planned by energy firm Coriolis Energy on the Dell Estate in Whitebridge, near Fort Augustus, would, according to campaigners, “continue the devastation and industrialisation” of the area, claiming it is impacting on the world-famous Monadhliath Mountains.

Lyndsey Ward, an independent Highland anti-windfarm protester from Kiltarlity in Inverness-shire, said such projects were “ruining” the mountain range, regarded as among the most scenic in the world.

New tracks would have to be created on the Monadhliath Mountains to provide access to the windfarm, which is close to the reservoir serving SSE’s Glendoe hydro scheme....

MORE at http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/anger-at-latest-loch-ness-windfarm-proposal-1-3498606

[bloomington-lib]

1. It's not like climate change won't "ruin" the mountain range

[NickB79]

2. Just wait until a flock of Loch Ness monsters fly through one!

Oh the humanity!