Green lobby battles power line
Environmental group The John Muir Trust has urged its members to call the Scottish government to block plans to upgrade the new power line connecting the north of Scotland at Beauly to the south of the country at Denny.
The 130 mile Beauly-Denny line is a key part of the strategy which would allow Viking Energy to transport electricity generated by a wind farm in Shetland to market.
JMT’s head of policy Helen McDade has called on members to write to first minister Alex Salmond to stop the plans, which would see steel pylons up to 56 metres high crossing the Cairngorms National Park, running close to Schiehallion and the Wallace Monument.
She quoted one comment to Mr Salmond: “What is being proposed is 130 miles of desecration. There are alternatives which I would urge you to consider. These alternatives may be more expensive but the quality of the landscape will be remembered long after the price is forgotten, to paraphrase Henry Ford.”
The Shetland News
6 November 2009
Tags: Wind power, Wind energy
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