On 3rd December 2008, the Department of Energy and Climate Change granted consent to Npower Renewables, to build and operate the 750 megawatt (MW) Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of North Wales.
However the project is being challenged by the local MP and by anti-wind farm group Save Our Scenery, no prizes for guessing the basis of their objection. Short sighted Muppets!!!!!
Friends of the Earth Cymru, WWF Cymru and the Sustainable Energy Alliance (SEA) all support the plans saying “Gwynt y Môr should be built as it will generate a tenth of Wales’ electricity consumption and prevent the emission of two million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year”.
The short sighted Muppets have 3 months to prepare a case for submission for judicial review. When their objections are laughed out of court (if it even gets that far) Npower say “Subject to positive planning decisions for the onshore works, and all relevant RWE approvals, onshore works could commence in the latter half of 2009 and offshore works could begin in 2011”.
