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Ofgem to support Loch Kemp despite damage

Update July 2026

Following a recent article in the Guardian newspaper about how Ofgem is supporting the Loch Kemp Pump storage scheme, before it has even been awarded planning approval, Boleskine Biodiversity Group committee member, Neil MacKenzie wrote to the newspaper.  You can read the letter Loch Ness hydropower project will damage shoreline and ancient woodland titled ‘Ofgem to support Loch Kemp despite damage to Loch Ness and its ancient woods’ published by The Guardian Newspaper.

Proposed site of power station within Ness Woods
Proposed site of power station within Ness Woods, Special Area of Conservation (SAC)

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