‘Son of Allt Duine’ near Kincraig is planning reduced number of turbines
The team behind the wind farm planned near Kincraig will launch a second round of public drop-ins on Tuesday, promising amendments to their initial plan which the Strathy revealed back in April.
“There is quite a lot new,” said a spokesperson this week, “ but that will be shared at the drop-ins.
“What I can say is that we’ve been working on the layout following feedback from both consultees and locals as well as more environmental survey work.
“Turbine numbers have been reduced and we’ve developed a more detailed plan in terms of access - that was particularly key for Kincraig folks - that doesn’t involve the village.
“We’ve also been working with the other developers around Strathdearn and while we’re going to be part of a bigger get-together at the end of November - we’ll have more about that in coming weeks - we have taken on board comments from the community there and arranged to do our open day on the same day as Galileo are going to be there for Lynemore.”
The site for the Highland Wind Farm - which some have described as ‘Son of Allt Duine’, the controversial plan lodged over a decade ago by RWE, is will located across four estates, approximately 14.2 km west of Aviemore and 25 km south-west of Inverness, Highland, within the Monadhliath Mountains, south of the River Findhorn and north of the A9.
The Highland Wind Farm proposal comprises:
Up to 24 turbines, with a maximum height of 230m and a generating capacity of up to 168 MW
Plans to co-locate battery storage with the wind farm to maximise the use of the grid connection
On-site access tracks linking the turbines and connecting to the A9 via existing estate tracks
On-site grid substation
Site office and staff welfare facilities
Meteorological monitoring mast
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