“There is power in numbers and there is power in unity.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Let’s unite in great number.
Deeside Against Pylons (DAP) is a campaigning group set up to combat an ill-conceived, catastrophic proposal to erect monstrously high pylons carrying high voltage transmission cables through the North East of Scotland using 1920 technology to meet a 2024 challenge. DAP has one objective: No Pylons. Not through these communities. Not anywhere. This is not nimbyism. It’s nobyism. No one’s back yard.
We are advocating to have these transmission cables go underground or subsea as our European counterparts are doing investing in existing, innovative technology in parallel with a national pride in their environments and a respect for their communities.
Three things lacking in SSEN’s approach: investment, national pride and respect.
It is important to show up in numbers at the SSEN consultation meetings and voice your concerns. Deeside Against Pylons will also arrange information sessions and share updates to help make this process more transparent.
There are several parts to this project and consultation. Please keep in touch to stay updated on the meetings and consultation deadlines to make our opposition seen and heard!
You don’t have to be a resident in a community consultation area to oppose so please encourage others to send their emails too. Every email helps build our opposition.
- We support the UK’s net zero ambitions but believe they should not be achieved by sacrificing Scotland’s natural environment or the health and wellbeing of Scottish families.
- We believe we should underground or offshore these connections to protect our health and these areas of natural beauty.
- These mega-pylons are 70m high, double the height of standard pylons.
- This plan is not for the benefit of Scotland. Instead it will industrialise the Scottish countryside to 9 X Scotland’s power demand to the rest of the UK.
Latest News and Events
Photography competition winners announced
We’re delighted to announce the winners of the Deeside Against Pylons Photography Competition.
First place: Fergus Archibald (photo taken from Durris opposite Drumoak, looking north west)
Second place: Amber Smith (taken at Drumgley – SSEN Proposed Route Plan A to B intersection, due west of Forfar – at the end of July 2024).
Full prize list so far…
- Drive up Deeside in 1924 Bentley
- Six nights holiday accommodation for 8 people near Oban in stunning Bragleen ouse
- £60 voucher for any walks or courses from Hillgoers
- £100 Fishpal fishing voucher
- One day of fishing for two rods on the River Dee
- Autumn hedge cut to the value of £200
- One year membership to the Grampian Transport Museum
- 2 nights holiday accommodation for 4 in Pitlochry