Great news from the Welsh Government. First Minister, Carwyn Jones, has made the following points:
1)Planning guidelines on the number of windfarms should in future be regarded as an upper limit
2)He wants the UK Government to devolve powers over large-scale energy generation projects
3)He says that the number of applications and declarations of interest are higher than anticipated
4)That we cannot accept a position where decisions made outside Wales will lead to inappropriate development for the people of Wales
5)The Welsh Government believes this level of development is unacceptable in view of the wider impact on the local area.
This policy change will prove particularly important where planning applications are turned down by local authorities and are taken to appeal by developers to Planning Inspectors. Meanwhile it is to be hoped that politicians will turn their attention to using solar power for producing clean energy. This source has the benefit of being more reliable and far less intrusive. As pointed out by Leonie Greene from the Renewable Energy Association in the Guardian on the 14th June, " the latest report by expert consultants anticipates a 37% drop in solar costs between 2010 and 2020. Prices dropped around25% last year alone".
Meanwhile at a local level we have noticed that the wind farm at Alltwalis was shut down for over 5 days recently due to its output being surplus to requirements!
No doubt the operating company will receive generous compensation for this situation as we have seen recently elsewhere.
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