One of the support bases being lowered into position at the MeyGen site.

One of the support bases being lowered into position at the MeyGen site.

COMMUNITY and business representatives in Caithness yesterday voiced serious fears about the future of the MeyGen venture in the Pentland Firth.

Their concern comes in the wake of the failure of Atlantis Resources Ltd, which is spearheading the pioneering wave power project, to win a renewable energy contract with the UK Government.

The first array of four sub-sea turbines is in place and a second cluster of four are set to be installed but the failure to win the contract places a large question mark over the plans to install a total of 269 turbines by the early 2020s.

Read more in today’s John O’Groat Journal