The four crofting townships who intend to bid in the Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction next year have welcomed SSEN’s submission of the Needs Case for an interconnector cable.
Sandwick North Street, Melbost and Brananhuie, Sandwick East Street and Aignish on the Isle of Lewis have made a group statement in response to confirmation that a 600MW cable would be sought.
The townships – which have submitted a Section 50B application to the Crofting Commission to develop community-owned wind farms on their common grazings – hope to secure the vital subsidy in the CfD auction which opens next May. In a joint statement, they said: ‘We welcome the SSEN submission and the aim of the four townships is that our turbines will constitute 105MW of the proposed 600MW interconnector. This interconnector cannot be just for the multi-nationals. It has to be for the communities too.