"𝐏𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐍 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞" by Lindsey Ward
The following letter to the editor of The Press and Journal was written by a dear wind warrior friend in Scotland.
Pylon proposals from SSEN will blight this beautiful place
by Lyndsey Ward • March 10, 2023
Sir, – Yesterday I and many other people from the surrounding communities attended a SSEN1 public “consultation” and were stunned when we saw what they want to unleash on us over the next few years.
The three-times-over-budget Beauly to Denny line is a monument to environmental vandalism itself and yet SSEN think that more transmission lines impacting the same area is acceptable.This is 2023! Have we not moved on from when the first pylon was erected in Falkirk in 1928 nearly a hundred years ago?
What happened about environmental protection? What happened to caring for communities?
SSEN are relying on the cheapest option that has the biggest impact on residents and the environment. That is simply not acceptable in this day
and age.
Those who have said that they like wind turbines but not pylons and sat back and let the foreign multinationals plant their rotating cash machines haphazardly into our iconic landscapes, far away from grid connections, now have a macabre BOGOF to deal with. It was always coming.
Unreliable wind turbines with their volatile energy means massive grid upgrades and more people are beginning to understand this.
Aside from very worrying health issues of living near high power electricity transmission the massive footprint of wind energy and these super-sized pylons and substations is immense. People should remember that they are paying for all this and that the costs and emissions of these upgrades are not added to the costs and emissions for wind energy.
Remember that too when the industry and supporting politicians tell us how green and cheap wind is.None of us have seen our energy bills go down as the number of turbines has gone up.
Beauly means 'beautiful place' and when Mary Queen of Scots visited in 1564 she is reputed to have said: 'Oui, c'est un beau lieu' - yes, it is a beautiful place.
SSEN seem determined to wipe out history because if they get their way there will only be industrial hardware in Beauly and the surrounding area and no beauty left at all.
SSEN is the “electricity Distribution Network Operator (DNO) responsible for delivering power to over 3.8 million homes and businesses across central southern England and the north of Scotland. We serve some of the most diverse and unique geographies across the UK, and keep customers and communities connected whilst developing the flexible electricity network vital to achieving net zero.”
Here in Wales, we too are facing the very real threat of a massive “energy park” atop the ancient domed hills of the Radnor Forest along with some 60 miles of above-ground L-7 steel pylons running from it along through beautiful hills and river vales.
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