KEEP KINLOCHBERVIE SPECIAL

PROTECTING OUR HERITAGE, LANDSCAPE
& WILDLIFE FOR THE FUTURE

Keep Kinlochbervie Special is a community-led campaign established to protect the extraordinary history, heritage, wildlife and landscape of Kinlochbervie.

Kinlochbervie and its surrounding landscape is treasured by residents and visitors alike for its wild and dramatic views, dark skies, stunning coastline and sea, croft land, lochs, moors and mountains. As the most northerly port on the west coast of Scotland, Kinlochbervie is also home to a thriving fishing industry that has sustained the community for generations.

The locality is a haven for some of Scotland’s rarest species - greenshank, black throated diver, ptarmigan, osprey, golden eagle and puffin have all found space to survive and thrive here.

We love this place.

Faced with a damaging industrial-scale onshore wind development proposal which would destroy the character of this wild and beautiful place forever, we are fighting for our future — not only to preserve and protect the landscape and character of Kinlochbervie, but to safeguard opportunities, livelihoods and a thriving community for the younger generation who deserve to live and prosper here. The proposed windfarm offers no guarantee of more than a handful of long-term jobs, probably none of them being local jobs, while risking lasting damage to the very environment, industries and way of life that already sustain this community.

‘Missing’ windfarm survey raises questions

Kinlochbervie residents are calling on their local community council to publish the results of a survey carried out more than 12 months ago. Kinlochbervie Community Council asked local residents in June 2025 whether or not they were in favour of the windfarm proposed by Galileo Empower, but the responses have never been made public. The Community Council’s own minutes show that completed questionnaires were provided to Galileo representatives at a meeting on 24 June 2025. Mar

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Wasted wind power - Scotland's energy needs are already met

Data from the Scottish Government shows the highest figure ever recorded for renewable electricity generation in Scotland, in the first quarter of 2026. There was 18.1GW of renewable electricity operational capacity in Scotland as of the end of March 2026. This is far in excess of the demand for power in Scotland in 2026, and indeed for many years into the future. Scotland's power demand is only 4.6GW - even at peak times in the Winter - including all commercial, industrial a

Jul 16

It's not just the windfarm

The main elements of the proposed windfarm are: · 15 wind turbines, 200m high; · Battery Energy Storage System; · Concrete batching plant; · A control building including substation, parking, and storage compound; · Anemometry mast and/or LiDAR; · Permanent new access tracks; · Red warning lights on top of each turbine – legally required to avoid aircraft collisions; A ground-mounted solar array is also under consider

Jul 16

Community campaign launched to protect one of Scotland’s last unspoilt landscapes from threat of major energy project.

A community-led campaign – Keep Kinlochbervie Special – has been launched to protect one of Scotland’s most treasured unspoilt landscapes from a major energy development. Galileo Empower plans to construct a major windfarm of 18 turbines with a blade tip height of 200m on open land close to the village of Kinlochbervie in Sutherland. The windfarm would be visible from 50 miles away. The Keep Kinlochbervie Special campaign, backed by residents, community groups and businesses

Jul 16

Highland Council accused of ‘murky’ role in giant windfarm application

A community group campaigning to save Sutherland from industrialisation has accused Highland Council of a lack of transparency in its links with a windfarm developer. Keep Kinlochbervie Special has raised concerns about the relationship between Highland Council and Galileo Empower, which is planning a controversial windfarm in the village. The campaign group is highlighting that the windfarm has been included positively in a mysterious new ‘masterplan’ for the area, although

Jul 16

KEEP KINLOCHBERVIE SPECIAL

PROTECTING OUR HERITAGE, LANDSCAPE & WILDLIFE FOR THE FUTURE

‘Missing’ windfarm survey raises questions

Wasted wind power - Scotland's energy needs are already met

It's not just the windfarm

Community campaign launched to protect one of Scotland’s last unspoilt landscapes from threat of major energy project.

Highland Council accused of ‘murky’ role in giant windfarm application

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