Plan to re-power 20-year-old Caithness wind farm

Causeymire Wind Farm was built about 20 years ago

One of the Highlands' best-known wind farms could be re-powered - with its 21 turbines replaced with 13 new ones twice the height.

Causeymire was built about 20 years ago on the Flow Country peatlands close to the A9, about 10 miles (16km) south of Thurso.

The current turbines have a maximum blade tip height of about 100m (328ft) while the proposed new turbines would be 200m (656ft).

Developer Headwind Development Services Ltd has submitted plans with Highland Council.

The company said existing access tracks and infrastructure would be retained and used where possible.

There are several other wind farms in the surrounding area, Achlachan to the north and Bad á Cheò and Halsary wind farms to the east.

The nearest settlement is the village of Westerdale.