Young filmmaker (and mum of three boys under 9 (!)) Katy Kilgour has made a film with renowned journalist and activist, Lesley Riddoch, about the wind farm overload developing in the Highlands. A whopping 1,300 wind farm proposals are active or already built. One glen - 22 miles in length - has enough separate projects to power 70% of Scotland's housing. Isn’t that enough?
Unprecedented meetings of 53 Highland community councils took place in June and August, demanding a planning pause and a strategy from the Scottish Government. Katy and Lesley were there at the meetings, visiting the glens and hearing the stories behind one of the biggest civic Highland protests in decades. Are they just NIMBYs or have the Highlands become a 'sacrifice zone' for UK green energy? Is it true the energy will either be exported south of the border OR stuck because of grid constraints with consumers paying developers NOT to produce? It's a mad situation and the recent announcement that Ed Miliband has rejected zonal pricing means its won't get any better.
Is this OK? How do politicians of EVERY party explain why Highlanders are paying some of the highest energy bills in Europe AND coping with turbines, pylons, battery plants, convertor stations, cables, construction traffic and hardware in every glen?
Our speaker, Lesley Riddoch, really needs no introduction. She is probably one of the best known and respected journalists and broadcasters in Scotland. She is one of Scottish independence’s strongest and most articulate advocates.
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