Row over plans for power line workers' temporary camp in Skye
May 1, 2024 · Power giant SSE has been urged to reconsider plans for a temporary workers’ camp in Skye which a leading MSP has branded “irresponsible”. The site would house around 350 workers involved in...
Drumoak pylon plans branded 'crazy' by locals - Press and Journal
Dec 12, 2023 · An Aberdeenshire community has hit out at "outrageous" SSEN plans to build pylons in their local area, including next to a primary school.
Highland campaigners ready to resume fight against pylons plan
Sep 18, 2021 · Campaigners are preparing to restart a fight against the upgrading of power line pylons in the Highlands. Construction of a new 400kV double circuit overhead line is planned between Beauly and...
Plans to build 188ft pylons spark protest - PressReader
Aug 14, 2023 · Protesters are aghast at the prospect of the 188ft power lines being sited near Drumoak. The controversial project, including plans to build one of the UK’s largest substations at Fiddes, near Arbuthnott, has caused public outcry and a …
Farmers’ tractor rally in bid to stop ‘monster pylons’
Apr 22, 2024 · Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) plans to install 400kV “monster pylons”, averaging 57 metres in height, in the area. In protest, around 25 tractors drove along the proposed route.
New pylon plan riles residents - PressReader
Dec 2, 2023 · Campaigners fighting plans for a new substation and line of super-pylons in the north-east have vowed to continue their opposition after SSEN unveiled fresh proposals.
Objections to pylons plan for 'Sunset Song' land - BBC News
Jun 2, 2023 · Campaigners are fighting plans to build pylons through the landscape at the heart of the classic novel Sunset Song. SSEN is consulting on the development of its East Coast 400kV project which is...
The looming battle over pylons for green energy - BBC
Battles to protect scenic and environmentally sensitive areas from the march of ever-bigger wind turbines are now moving to pylons and cables. And where these skirmishes used to be isolated to...
National Trust raises concern about "unacceptable ... - Press and Journal
May 10, 2016 · A CONSERVATION charity is bidding to block shock plans to build a line of huge electricity pylons on the edge of the historic Culloden Battlefield. The National Trust for Scotland (NTS) last...
Farmers hold 'tractor run' in pylon protest - BBC
Apr 22, 2024 · Aberdeenshire farmers have held a protest against proposals which would see a new network of electricity pylons run through part of the region. SSEN's East Coast project includes plans for a new...
- Some results have been removed