Windfarm substation gets go-
The giant £230 million Eishken windfarm has been granted permission to build a vital
sub-
Renewable energy from at least 39 huge turbines on the private estate in South Lochs will pass through the substation and be carried via high voltage overhead lines across the moor to a huge convertor station above the village of Gravir where a planned underwater link would come ashore near Ullapool.
A further 30 generators are earmarked to be erected south of the present site.
However, the construction of the compound will be delayed until a definite date is
known over the go-
The scheme was due to start produce electricity in 2016 when the proposed subsea link is expected to be finished.
The Eishken windfarm is owned by energy conglomerate International Power -
GDF SUEZ is thought to have already pledged around an initial £60 million to underwrite
its share in the proposed sub-