“Port Dinorwic’s giant hydro scheme took three-and-a-half years to built and many small farm hydro projects are taking almost as long.” CLA Wales director Ben Underwood, speaking at this week’s Royal Welsh Show, said there was increasing frustration …
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Energy policy blowing in the wind?
Wales’ renewable energy policy has taken a battering in recent weeks with politicians appearing to stagger under the pressure of anti-wind farm protestors, but there are encouraging signs that it is back on track.
Rejections rising for onshore wind farms in Wales
AROUND half of all new applications to build onshore wind farms in Wales and England are being turned down, according to Freedom of Information data published today. New data obtained by commercial law firm McGrigors, …
Wind farm would ruin tourism, say turbine protesters
The protest came as Environment Minister John Griffiths wrote to energy companies and planning authorities in an attempt to clarify any confusion surrounding the Welsh Government’s approach towards onshore wind farm development. …
Seaweed could have important biofuel role, say scientists
THIS is the month to harvest seaweed from our oceans if the plant is to achieve its potential as a viable biofuel, Welsh scientists believe. Researchers at Aberystwyth University say kelp seaweed could provide an …
1500 protest as Powys council urges wind farm review
Around 1500 anti-wind farm protesters lobbied ahead of the council meeting at Welshpool livestock market. The council unanimously supported a motion urging the Welsh Government to request a moratorium on all wind farm applications. …
Mid Wales in revolt over pylon invasion
COUNCILLORS in Powys are demanding an urgent review of the Welsh Government’s wind farm policy. It follows widespread protests against plans for almost 100 miles of giant pylons – and a 19-acre substation – to connect wind …
ASSEMBLY WAS UNDERHAND, SAYS MP
THE Welsh Government’s wind farm policy could be open to a legal challenge and should be given detailed consultation from countryside agencies, an MP has claimed. Conservative MP for Montgomeryshire, Glyn Davies, …
Welsh pylon rally’s land protest
Four pieces of Mid Wales land were handed to Welsh Assembly members as a “living reminder” of what will be destroyed if a substation and hundreds of pylons across the countryside are built. More than 1500 protesters travelled from Montgomeryshire to …
Solar farms in Newport get the go-ahead
… field at Hazel Farm, Langstone, at a meeting on Friday. But applicant Silicon Vineyard Limited will have to wait to see if the Welsh Government has any objections, after those against the plans asked for ministers to make the decision instead. …
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