plans for world’s biggest windfarm divide Lewis

A visitor to Lewis, the northernmost Hebridean island, might think it the slowest, softest and calmest place in Britain. Nothing breaks the views over moor and mountain: the mosaic of lochs and bog is undisturbed, the sky, sea and land all merge and suggest a different age.

In the next few weeks, plans will be submitted for an already approved wind farm of several hundred of the world’s largest turbines, generating 702MW of electricity. Meanwhile, the Scottish executive will shortly rule on whether a 150MW scheme of 53 turbines should go ahead, and a third farm of about 375MW is being planned.

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