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Plans lodged for wind farm cable

PLANNING permission is being sought for a 12-mile undersea cable which would carry electricity from a 277-turbine offshore wind farm near a North Sea oilfield to the Banffshire shores of the Moray Firth.

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David Ross Highland Correspondent

Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (Bowl) submitted an application to Scottish Ministers in April for consent to develop the offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth.

It could mean up to 1000MW of renewable energy, but the Ministry of Defence has raised concerns that the development could cause "unacceptable interference" to radar systems of the Tornado squadrons at RAF Lossiemouth. It would also be close to the site where two jets from the base collided and crashed in July, killing three airmen.

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