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2 September 2025
Garreg Fawr Energy Park
Bute Energy has announced plans for its Garreg Fawr Energy Park to the north of Sennybridge.
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A very extensive proposal running up from the A40 to the MOD Sennybridge Training Area. 22 wind turbines of 220m height are planned. The connection route to the Towy-Usk pylons line is currently unknown and will be subject to a separate planning application.
Their initial public consultation on the proposal runs from 17th September to 29th October.
22 August 2025
Bryn Cadwgan Energy Park
Galileo has recently completed its pre-application consultation for the proposed Bryn Cadwgan Energy Park on the Carmarthenshire–Ceredigion border.
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This is a large proposal with 19 wind turbines (up to 230m), solar panels, and battery storage. An on-site substation will be located in south-east part of the site, but the method of connection to the grid has not yet been defined.
To facilitate transport for construction a "blade transfer area" is planned by the A40 at Llanwrda.
11 July 2025
Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru announces three new wind farms
Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru, an energy company wholly owned by the Welsh Government, is proposing to build three large wind farms on land managed by Natural Resources Wales.
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The wind farm sites announced so far are :
Glyn Cothi, near Brechfa in Carmathenshire, with 27 turbines.
Clocaenog Dau, with 22 turbines, near Ruthin and adjacent to the existing RWE wind farm.
Carreg Wen Wind Farm, Rhondda Cynon Taf, to the south of Aberdare, with 18 turbines.
The method of connection to the grid for Glyn Cothi is currently unclear. It will most likely connect to the Llandyfaelog substation, possibly using a new overhead transmision line.
3 July 2025
Nant Ceiment Energy Park
Nant Ceiment has now been officially announced by Bute Energy. The proposal is for up to 13 wind turbines with a tip height of 220m.
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The possibilty of a development here has been known for a long time although with no solid confirmation. It has sometimes been referred to as Pencarreg Mountain wind farm. Bute have not yet published a detailed location plan or layout, although preliminary documents have been seen. The site is about 5km south of Lampeter.
It appear to be adjacent to the Towy-Teifi pylon line and would connect via that to the new Llandyfaelog substation, along with the Towy-Usk line.
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What would Gwynfor say?
Posted on Sunday October 12, 2025
Under the leadership of Havard Hughes, who serves as the spokesperson for the Carmarthenshire Residents Action Group (CRAiG) and as the Vice Chairman of Our Tywi Valley (Llandeilo Community Group Against Pylons), a protest occurred outside the Plaid Cymru Conference in Swansea. This demonstration was organized in response to the extensive developmen …… Read more
About this News page
Posted on Saturday October 04, 2025
This News and Views page is managed by WordPress software using its well known Blog style. The navigation menu at the top-right links it into the rest of the Our Tywi Valley website. It is locally hosted on the same server but may respond a little slower than other pages due to the additional software overhead.
Unlike the rest of the site there is only one instanc …… Read more
The North South pylon line: How did we get here, where will it go?
Posted on Monday November 18, 2024
by Jonathan F Dean
The long speculated north south pylon line seems to be on. Identified as critical to the U.K. government’s aim for clean power by 2030, necessary to get electricity from Scotland to south Wales and facilitating the mass building of onshore wind farms in mid Wales, National Grid are now offering connection agreements to it
How did we get he …… Read more
History Repeating Itself: From valley drownings to pylon routes
Posted on Friday October 18, 2024
The slogan for the controversial Tryweryn valley drowning (despite protests and opposition from local MPs against it), was Cofiwch Dryweryn (“Remember Tryweryn”) and this became a symbol reminding people not to forget the destruction of the landscape and the community. The wall on which the slogan is painted is an unofficial memorial to th …… Read more
ATP Demonstration Day showing how cable ploughing offers an alternative to 60 miles of pylons
Posted on Thursday April 18, 2024
Protest march through Llandovery in opposition to Green GEN’s plans for 60 miles of pylons
Posted on Thursday April 18, 2024
Hundreds of protestors opposing plans for a 60 mile pylon route through mid Wales took to the streets to show their opposition. Bute Energy/Green GEN has submitted plans to run the pylons through countryside and farmland from Radnor to Carmarthen.
The company met a frosty reception from people living in the affected areas when they attended a public consu …… Read more
How the Welsh government sold out the Welsh countryside
Posted on Sunday February 04, 2024
The following is an article written by David Goodridge in the publication NetZero Watch.
It details the events which led to the Welsh Government effectively selli …… Read more
Bute Energy plan new pylon route through the Teifi Valley
Posted on Sunday January 28, 2024
The Towy Teifi scheme which will connect Bute Energy’s Lan Fawr Energy Park, which is being developed on land north of Lampeter, to the east of Llanddewi Brefi. The proposed route would see it passing near the communities of Lampeter, Llanllwni, Alltwalis and Rhydargaeau, then east of Carmarthen crossing both the A40 and A48 to a National Grid substation at …… Read more
Kate Glanville on pylons in the Towy Valley
Posted on Monday June 19, 2023
Kate Glanville is a local potter and author and writes here about her love of the Towy Valley and her worries about the potential destruction of it by a 60 mile long row of 27m pylons which will blight the landscape.
This is me wearing my new Cofiwch Ddyffryn Twyi T shirt at Junction Pool in Rhandirmwyn beside the beautiful River Twyi near the start of the river’s 6 …… Read more
South Wales Guardian: Residents groups hit out
Posted on Friday June 09, 2023
8th June 2023
RESIDENTS in the Towy Valley have described a statement by Bute Energy, the company behind the plans for pylons in the valley, as ‘out of touch with reality.’
Read article in the South Wales Guardian > …… Read more