NORoS - No Ring of Steel Kyle of Sutherland
NORoS (‘No Ring of Steel’) is a volunteer group formed in response to the threat of wind turbines encircling the village of Rosehall in central Sutherland. Members and supporters of NORoS understand the reality and immediacy of climate change and appreciate that renewable energy is an essential part of countering the crisis. But the unprecedented number of energy developments proposed threaten to overwhelm one small strath. LEARN MORE
Latest Updates:
(1) Objections to the Invecassley Wind Farm are due with the Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit by 14th September 2026 !
This wind farm of twenty, predominantly 230m turbines would tower over the Kyle. Other figures available in the Environmental Impact Assessment (click here for this EIA and then click on ‘Documents’ tab) demonstrate the impact from Struie and elsewhere. The environmental implications are also profound. Your objection is due by 14th September, please act to save our rivers, amenity and landscape!.
For Guidance Notes for individual objections, please click here. We advise you do not postpone objecting - details on how to proceed are on the last page of the Guidance Notes.
A WARNING ABOUT THE FINAL SUBMISSION PROCESS
a) Once you have pressed the “submit” button on the portal you should be taken to a page which says that your submission has been successful, it advises that an email has been sent to the address you have given in your representation, and asks you to click the verification link in that email. This should activate a second email to your inbox which confirms submission of your Public Representation. Done!
b) BUT, if, having pressed “submit”, you are taken to a page which says “This representation has already been submitted”, it means that your objection has not gone through! This could be for a number of reasons, the most likely one being that the website timed out as you were working your way through the pages of the portal or writing in (or pasting in) your objection. Unfortunately, if this does happen you will need to repeat the whole process. Once you receive the message mentioned in (a) above you will know that you have been successful and simply need to follow the verification process which will end with a separate email from the ECU confirming successful submission.
(2) Objections to the developer’s new (August 2026) revised proposed development and Additional Information on Allt an Tuir Renewable Energy Park are due with the Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit by 20th September 2026 !
NORoS requests your help in resisting a new and damaging threat to wildlife, landscape and local amenity. Please follow the link below to see our guidance on objecting to new and revised proposals for the Allt an Tuir Renewable Energy Park. Among other things, these plans involve drilling under the River Cassley and excavating to bury cable along the A837 from the Allt and Tuir site to Inveran. The potential damage to the rivers and wildlife would be immense. Those who have already objected to the development may add a further objection to these proposals; those who did not object to the initial EIA may object to these additions. Objections are due by 20th September 2026.
For Guidance Notes for individual objections, please click here.