Islanders invoke Local Hero in fight against '144 Eiffel Tower-sized wind turbines'

The executive chair of the energy giant Iberdrola is to be sent a package with the film Local Hero (Image: Supplied)

THE boss of the energy giant behind plans to build a massive wind farm off Scotland’s west coast has been invited to visit one of the island communities it will impact – and sent a personalised version of the film Local Hero to underscore the point.

The people of Iona – a small island off the south-west of Mull with around 170 residents – have written to the head of the Spanish energy firm Iberdrola raising concerns about plans to construct up to 144 turbines “each the height of the Eiffel Tower, in waters that define this coastline and our islands”.