Llandeilo residents have called a public meeting from 11:00am until 1:00pm on Saturday 31st October to discuss the continued fight to protect the Tywi Valley from industrialisation.
Pylon schemes, including Bute Energy’s 70-mile chain to Nant Mithil, continue, with new schemes joining them to connect wind farms and energy parks in Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion which could soon be home to the largest electricity substations in Western Europe. Planning for the new, monster 14-hectare Llandyfaelog substation is already underway.
Despite the pleas of residents, the Tywi remains front and centre in the industrialisation plans for Mid and West Wales. A third of Carmarthenshire’s countryside is allocated for industrial wind development by the Welsh Government in Future Wales 2040.
Our Tywi Valley Chair, Daljit Singh, commented:
“This isn’t just about the infamous Bute Energy scheme haunting the Tywi Valley anymore. There are plans afoot for dozens of wind farm developments in North Carmarthenshire and southern Ceredigion. All of these turbines and energy parks will require a pylon chain connecting them to the Llandyfaelog substation.
Hard-pressed farmers in the Tywi Valley continue to battle attempts by Bute Energy contractors to enter their properties without the necessary permissions biosecurity checks. The situation in the Tywi Valley is already a nightmare and is about to get worse.
We’re calling for residents, farmers, business owners and all those interested in the future of the Tywi Valley to join us on Halloween to build the next stage of our campaign. Residents have already derailed the developers’ plans. We hope to put a final stop to them.”
Havard Hughes, Our Tywi Valley Vice Chair, commented:
“We’re holding this meeting to build fresh momentum for our campaign to save our landscape in the Tywi Valley. The Tywi is one of West Wales’ hidden gems, feted by artists and poets and steeped in the history of Wales and these islands. The Tywi valley should not be a superhighway for wind farm greed.
The Tywi Valley already qualifies for outstanding natural beauty status, and we want to build a consensus around an official AONB/National Landscape designation before it is too late. Our historic landscape should not be destroyed so that the Welsh Government can tick a climate target box.
If you’re spooked by pylons or haunted by wind turbines, come along for a tea or coffee and help us plan the next steps of our campaign.”
