Last week, Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru – the publicly owned renewable energy developer for Wales – announced plans for three new wind farms. These plans include three projects that have the potential to generate up to 400MW of clean electricity, enough to meet the average annual electricity needs of around 350,000 Welsh homes, which represents a quarter of all households in Wales.
The first three proposed sites are:
- Clocaenog Dau Wind Farm in Denbighshire/Conwy (up to 132 MW);
- Glyn Cothi Wind Farm in Carmarthenshire (up to 162 MW); and
- Carreg Wen Wind Farm in Rhondda Cynon Taf (up to 108 MW).
Through a WSP-led consortium, Temple is currently leading the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the proposed Clocaenog Dau Wind Farm and is in the process of preparing an EIA Scoping Report. We have been involved in the project for the last 2 years, working with partners to collate environmental baseline information through a combination of desktop studies and onsite ecology and ornithology surveys. This work will continue up to the submission to Planning and Environment Decision Wales (PEDW) of an application for an Infrastructure Consent in 2027.
Mark Skelton, CEO of Temple, said:
“Temple is proud to be supporting Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru in their ambition to develop 1GW of renewable energy generation by 2040. The proposed Clocaenog Dau Wind Farm is an exciting development, and we look forward to drawing on our significant experience of providing impact assessment services for complex infrastructure projects to maximise the environmental benefits of the scheme”.