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Wind Power News: Wales
These news and opinion items are gathered by National Wind Watch in its noncommercial educational effort to help keep readers informed about developments related to industrial wind energy. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Wind Watch. They are the products of and owned by the organizations or individuals noted and are shared here according to “fair use” and “fair dealing” provisions of copyright law.
Mansion wind turbine plans face refusal over airport safety fears
Plans for a 200-foot-high wind turbine to power a mansion are expected to be refused due to fears it would threaten the safe operation of a nearby airport. Mr and Mrs G Peters of Western Solar Ltd are seeking permission for a single turbine on land near the Grade II-listed Rhosygilwen Mansion in Pembrokeshire, which includes an arts and functions building known as Neuaddydderwen. The application for the 62-metre-high turbine and associated works, is to be considered at the January . . . Complete story »
Campaigners angry after wind farm moratorium rejected without discussion
Campaigners who want a temporary halt on the granting of permission for onshore wind farms in Wales say they are furious after Senedd Members decided not to discuss their petition because Climate Change Minister Julie James had written a letter saying she didn’t agree with it. The petition said that to “prevent wide scale and needless damage to the Welsh countryside”, there should be a moratorium on all onshore wind and ground-based solar developments above 10MW until the potential for . . . Complete story »
‘No let-up in fight’ against Powys wind farm developments
There must be no let-up in the fight against the development of industrial scale wind farms – this was the message at a fundraising launch for a campaign group battling against proposals for large-scale Powys projects. Scores of people filled the Alexandra Hall in Llangammarch Wells on Friday, September 15, for the launch of RE-think’s fundraising campaign – which collected more than £2,000. In total, over £2,600 was raised to support the group’s fight against industrial scale wind farms and . . . Complete story »
Energy plan would “desecrate Montgomeryshire”
Montgomeryshire is being urged to “stand up” against the shock news that an energy giant wants to carve through the old county with a pylon corridor linking a proposed windfarm near Cefn Coch with the National Grid in Shropshire. The group that successfully fought a similar plan 12 years ago – Montgomeryshire Against Pylons (MAP) – is readying itself for another fight after Bute Energy’s shock announcement last week. MAP said that the current proposals “will affect our area forever . . . Complete story »
Locals at war with plan to blight Welsh hills with giant wind turbines and pylons
High above a sweeping valley that cuts through a majestic stretch of Welsh countryside, a buzzard’s wings caress the warm, thermal breeze. On the ground below, other feathers have been ruffled – by plans to build ‘monstrous’ 700ft hillside wind turbines that could tower as high as The Shard near locals’ homes. The proposed wind power development, which is set to include a zig-zagging 60-mile line of pylons carrying the energy generated by the turbines, is tearing communities apart and . . . Complete story »
‘Quality issues’ raise concerns about controversial wind turbine project
Campaigners have drawn attention to the fact that serious “quality issues” have been identified in the type of wind turbines specified in a company’s planning application to build an energy park in the Valleys. There are concerns about the visual impact of the project on the landscape. Siemens, which manufactures the turbines, discovered in January that there were major problems with some of its onshore turbine components, particularly rotor blades and bearings. In late June the group reported that the . . . Complete story »
Plans for ‘mega’ wind turbines at rural beauty spot in North Wales have been dropped
An energy firm has dropped plans for giant wind turbines in a rural beauty spot in North Wales. Cardiff-based Bute Energy wanted to build an “energy park” on the hills between Betws yn Rhos, Llangernyw and Llanfair TH. There was huge concern locally about the proposals with claims the tip heights could be taller than the 207-metre Great Orme, Llandudno – making them amongst the largest ever built onshore. Each turbine would have a rotor diameter slightly longer than the . . . Complete story »
Charity makes formal complaint about ‘misleading’ claims made by energy company
An energy group with controversial plans to build a network of wind farms across Wales has been accused of publishing misleading claims about the project. The countryside charity CPRW has made a formal complaint to the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) about statements made by companies in the Bute Energy Group on their websites.. CPRW opposes what it sees as the despoilation of Wales’ landscape by wind turbines and prefers offshore renewable energy projects instead. In a letter to the ASA, . . . Complete story »
Fears raised over environmental impact of ‘disproportionate’ wind-farm substation
Plans for a wind-farm substation has sparked fears over the loss of agricultural land and that a rural village will end up “semi-industrial”. Both Denbighshire and Conwy councils have written to Mona Offshore Wind Farm Ltd over concerns about a 107-turbine wind farm planned off the coast of North Wales – with the underground cables coming to shore around Llanddulas and Abergele. The substation is planned for land south of Glascoed Road, Cefn Meiriadog, with a second option further east . . . Complete story »
Locals organise to oppose massive wind farm project
A community has vowed to fight proposals for a windfarm consisting of a new generation of wind turbines so large they will dwarf the UK’s biggest buildings. Protests have already taken place over proposals to create the UK’s highest onshore turbines against the backdrop of a semi-rural community between Port Talbot and Maesteg. Plans for the Y Bryn wind farm, which have now gone out to public consultation for a third time, could see 18 towers built that could potentially . . . Complete story »
