Loch Ness hydropower project will damage shoreline and ancient woodland | Letter
Neil Mackenzie on the environmental impact of the Loch Kemp projectYour article (First major hydropower projects in Great Britain in 40 years given go-ahead, 26 June) describes the proposal to build three pumped storage schemes in the Scottish Highlands. But it does not mention the huge environmental cost.One scheme, the Loch Kemp project, will draw water from Loch Ness and pump it into the upper reservoir created by enlarging Loch Kemp. A giant power station is to be built in…
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