Visit Wales Now
Visit Wales Now
Visit Wales and see some dramatic changes to the landscape
There
will be a welcome in the hillsides
There will be hundreds of wind turbines welcoming you as you travel through the Welsh hill country.
Tourists
travelling through the Welsh hill country are probably already familiar with the
sight and sound of wind turbines. But the Welsh Assembly is actively encouraging
and facilitating the development of many more, and much larger, wind farms in
the uplands and coastal regions of Wales.
Some
of Wales most precious landscapes are being earmarked for wind farm development.
So if you are planning to travel to Wales to enjoy its spectacular
scenery and its peace and quiet, be prepared to see and hear some startling
changes.
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Transporting
turbine tower sections through Wales to a wind farm construction site.
As you travel along the picturesque roads of Wales you may find you have pull over to make way for large convoys carrying component parts to wind farm sites. Take advantage of this break in your journey to enjoy the panoramic views while you still can: they are about to be sacrificed to industrial development.
Why
is this happening?
The
Welsh Assembly, in its latest planning policy statement on renewable energy*,
has declared its ambition to become ‘a global showcase for clean energy by
2010.’ To achieve this goal, the Assembly has set some ambitious targets for
renewable energy production and has ‘…concluded that onshore wind will be
the main large-scale technology capable of achieving our 2010 target'. So you
can expect to see many hundreds of enormous wind machines appearing in the Welsh
hills.
*
Technical Advice Note 8: Planning for Renewable Energy,
published by the Welsh Assembly, July 2005
