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Community ‘worried and stressed’ over battery facility plans

Blackford Renewables have submitted proposals for a site near Rothienorman.

An Aberdeenshire community say they’re worried and stressed after plans to build the UK’s largest battery storage facility were lodged.

Blackford Renewables have submitted proposals for a site near Rothienorman, which would be five times bigger than the existing storage infrastructure across the country.

STV News has been speaking to some of those concerned.

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