The return of proposals for a seven-turbine wind farm in Caithness have prompted angry and despairing responses from local residents who believe an industrial “ring of steel” is tightening its grip on their community. Amongst others, this mobilisation against the windfarm has included the formation of the Reay Area Windfarm Opposition Group (RAWOG), and staging a protest during the 2 day public consultation organised by the project developers (Infinergy and Boralex) in November 2019. Claiming that the developers have shown utter insensibility to the wishes of the local people, those protesting the development have claimed the turbines will be too close to the residential areas of Reay and Melvich, will reduce house values and quality of life, will be a blot on the landscape, will have a detrimental effect on tourism, and that the disadvantages will ultimately outweigh any benefits.