SSEN is hosting a consultation event tomorrow, Tuesday October 8 in the Town Hall from 2pm – 7pm to seek views on potential overhead line alignments for the Kintore-Tealing 400kV project.
The material includes SSEN Transmission’s potential alignment for the overhead line, presented through maps and visualisations, with alternative alignment options in a number of locations based on previous community feedback.
Interested parties can attend the drop-in community event , where a 3D model of the proposed infrastructure can also be viewed, to discuss the plans with the project team and share their views.
This information, along with all other relevant material for the Kintore-Tealing project, such as the Report on Consultation material, can be accessed here: Kintore-Tealing 400kV OHL Connection – SSEN Transmission (ssen-transmission.co.uk)
Feedback to the project alignment consultation can be submitted until 21 November 2024, including via a portal on the SSEN Transmission website.
In December 2023, following earlier consultations, SSEN Transmission confirmed it was no longer progressing plans to develop a new substation at Fiddes in the Mearns, relocating this substation to a new site, Hurlie, in Fetteresso Forest, in close proximity to SSEN Transmission’s existing Fetteresso substation.
At the same time, several changes to overhead line route proposals were set out, including in the sections between Kintore and the River Dee and between Brechin and Forfar.