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The Case against windfarms

 

Current Projects - Wales, Isle of Man and Northern Ireland

 

Wales IoM         N Ireland

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Site

Location                    Map reference

Planning Developer

N/S

Status

Turbines      Site

Comment
Z

Cefn Y Maes

Nr Oswestry

“3 counties”
West Coast Energy

 

Potential site

18 x ?

 
21

Cwm Owain

Nr Maerdy

Conwy
Zephyr Energy

 

Potential site

3-5 x 0.85MW?

 

21

Cwm Penanner

Nr Cerrig

Conwy
Zephyr Energy

 

Application

8 x 1.3MW

 

21

Denbigh Moors SSA

Ruthin, Denbigh, Cerrig, Brenig etc

Conwy & Denbs

 

Imminent threat

100 ? x 2MW

 

21

Hafotty Ucha 3

Nr Cerrig

Conwy
Tegni

 

Application

3 x 0.85MW

Extension of List C  Phases 1&2

21

Llechwedd

Surrounded by Snowdonia NP

?

 

Potential site

26 x ?

 

21

Maengwyn

Nr Llanarmon, Dyffryn Ceiriog

Wrexham

 

Potential site

25 x ?

 

21

Moel Darran

North of Bala

Gwynedd

 

Potential site

22 x ?

 

21

Moel Maelogen ll

Llanwrwst 

Conwy Windjen

 

App. Submitted

9 x             11.7MW

Yet another "small"windfarm which, once established, grows See List C For Phase 1

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Mwdwl Eithin

Nr Cerrig

Conwy
Nuon Ren

 

Potential site

!9 x 1.75MW?

 

21

Wern Ddu

Nr Gwyddelwern

Denbs.

Tegni

 

Application

5 x 1.3MW

 

21

'Camddwr'

 

Strata Florida area

Ceredigion
Camddwr “Trust”

 

Anemometer application

“165”

 
22

Castell Howell

Pontsian, Ceredigion

Ceredigion Active Power Ltd

 

Proposal

16/30  “100/120M high2

 
22

Hirddywel

10km N Rhayader 136/SO0480

Mont-gomery-shire
Scottish Power

N5

App   submitted

23  x     19.55MW


Extension to    Llandinam windfarm List C

22

Llether-cynon

 

5km N Brecon160/SO0433

Brecknockshire   Windjen

N4

Rejected 11-0 (Planning Cttee), appealed PI May 2004

6 / 1.3




6 years of planning blight

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Pentre Tump

 

Llanfihangel-nant-Melan, new Radnor, Powys

Powys CC
NWP

 

Object-ors pushing for EIA

3  x 1.3              4 / 1.2

Windworks

22

Baglan

Between Bridgend and Port Talbot

 

 

 Proposal

“1 x 600ft”

 

24

Mynydd y Gwair

NW of Pontarddulais, nr Swansea SN652 076

Duke of Beaufort

 

 

 

Opposed by SOCME, and David Bellamy

24

Mynydd Margan

 

Neath/Port Talbot

 

Rejected on appeal to Welsh Assembly

11 x        9.25MW

 

24

Mynydd Uchaf

 

3km S Brynamman  160/SN7210

Neath Port Talbot
Aman Awel Tawe

 

 

 

App. awaited for 'Community Windfarm'. Ref www.tairgwaithactiongroup.co.uk

24

New Werfa          

Nr Bridgend      170/SS9194

Bridgend
AMEC

N3

Application refused in Full Council.AMEC appealed

Selection of turbines giving total IC of 14 MW to 24 MW.

 

24

Ogmore & Garw

6km SW Rhondda170/SS9489

Bridgend
SW Ops

N5

No app

12 / 3.6

 

24

Penrhys

3km SE Rhondda170/SS9994

Rhondda Cynon Taff
RES

N4

 

8 x  0.6          4.8 / 1.44

 

24

Scar-weather Sands

"5.9 miles" off South Wales coast SS8177

Bridgend CBC United Utilities

 

26 Feb 2003. Bridgend voted against. To be decided by Welsh Assembly

30 x  3.6MW / "400 ft", 135M

30 /9

DTI 2001 List

Actually about 5km offshore

 www.sosporthcawl.com

24

Snaefell

Isle of Man, 11 km SW Ramsey NK 3 8

 

 

Anemometer 

 

 

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