Map of wind farms and planned pylon routes in Wales map top
This map shows the preferred routes for new pylon lines planned by Bute/Green GEN Cymru.
There are four proposals: Towy-Usk, Towy-Teifi, Vyrnwy-Frankton and Rhiwlas. Towy-Usk and Towy-Teifi both terminate at a proposed new substation south of Carmarthen. Vyrnwy-Frankton runs from Montgomeryshire into into Shropshire. The Rhiwlas line links between wind farm projects in Powys.
The three biggest proposals mostly use steel latice pylons, with a section of wood pole overhead lines at the start of the Towy-Usk line. The Rhiwlas line uses all wood poles (132kV single circuit) and is shown as an approximate route, using mid-point of their preferred corridor.
Existing and planned wind farms are shown for context and additional information. They include those proposed by Bute Energy as well as other companies.
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Towy-Usk power line Towy-Teifi power line Vyrnwy-Frankton power line Rhiwlas power line Aberedw Energy Park Abertillery wind farm Alaw Môn solar farm Alwen Forest wind farm Banc Du Energy Park Bryn Cadwgan Energy Park Bryn Gilwern Energy Park Carnedd Wen wind farm Craig y Geifr wind farm Esgair Cwmowen wind farm Esgair Ddu Energy Park Esgair Galed Energy Park Foel Fach wind farm Foel Trawsnant wind farm Gaerwen wind farm Garn Fach wind farm Hirfynydd Renewable Energy Park Lan Fawr Energy Park Llanbrynmair wind farm Llanwern solar farm Lluest Dolgwiail wind farm Lluest y Gwynt wind farm Llyn Lort Energy Park Maen Hir Solar Project Manmoel wind farm Melin Court wind farm Moel Chwa Energy Park Mynydd Bedwellte wind farm Mynydd Carn-y-Cefn wind farm Mynydd Fforch-Dwm wind farm Mynydd Llanhilleth wind farm Mynydd Lluest y Graig wind farm Mynydd Maen wind farm Mynydd Mawr Energy Park Mynydd Ty-talwyn Energy Park Mynydd y Gaer wind farm Mynydd y Glyn wind farm Nant Mithil Energy Park Pant y Maen wind farm Pen March wind farm Rhiwlas Energy Park Trecelyn wind farm Twyn Hywel Energy Park Upper Lliw Energy wind farm Upper Ogmore wind farm Waun Maenllywd wind farm Y Bryn wind farm
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| Steel lattice pylons lines = red, with darker individual pylon markers where known |  |
| Option B alternative mid section of Towy-Usk = pink with darker pylon markers |  |
| Wood pole overhead lines = brown, with darker pole location markers where known |  |
| Towy-Usk undeground section = purple |  |
| Planned wind farms = dark orange |  |
| Existing wind farms or under construction = light orange |  |
| Speculative wind farm locations = lilac-pink (option in map menu) |  |
| Wind turbine planned = blue (option in map menu) |  |
| Wind turbine existing = grey-blue (option in map menu) |  |
About this map:
Representation is best effort and based on available information. Pylon route lines may change as planning progresses. Area boundaries for wind farms are simplified or approximated only and are not in any way definitive. They are also likely to change in future.
Circle wind farm markers indicate locations where not much else is known. Speculative wind farm sites are mostly known by company name only and located with reasonable probability derived from that name (optional display in the layer menu).
Planned and existing wind turbines can be shown (options in menu) if locations are known, though not always available in plans. Where possible the turbine markers are scaled to the rotor size, those recently specified are often much larger than older existing units.
Place markers give a small selection of locations that may be impacted along the routes. They can be turned off/on in the map layer menu.
A few large solar farm projects are shown, though not all. This is work in progress.
The base map can be changed between Open Street Map, Open Topographical Map or Satellite - select from the layers menu at the top-right corner.
Information presented on this map is not guaranteed as acurate, but the features are intended to give a reasonably good idea of location. With that in mind, any part of the map may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes. This map is produced by Deeproot Software using the open source Leaflet JS library.
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