Scottish and Southern Energy (pseudonym for some french company?) has today announced that it is not to go ahead with its Kintyre Array. This follows a very well argued case submitted last month by RYA arguing against it on marine safety grounds. Though included among 7 so called 'offshore' schemes which are being fastracked ahead of the imminent Scottish election it came to within just 700 metres of Argylls best beach and almost filled the gap between it and the N Channel separation scheme. The bad news is that they say they are doing this to concentrate on their Islay array. The equally dreadful Tiree proposal is also continuing though opposition within and outside the island is growing. There are claims that the Crown Estate might lose its powers over Scottish waters after these elections and they are in a rush to grab as much income as they can before it happens.
A suspicious b***er like me might suspect that this is a bit of political manouevring, the Kintyre proposal was so bad that it might have made even our politicians sit down and think for a minute about what they were rushing into.
A suspicious b***er like me might suspect that this is a bit of political manouevring, the Kintyre proposal was so bad that it might have made even our politicians sit down and think for a minute about what they were rushing into.
