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Regulator 'minded to grant' licence that could lead to 60 miles of pylons in mid Wales (nation.cymru)

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A controversial energy group’s ambition to build networks of wind farms and pylons across mid Wales has received a major boost with the regulator Ofgem announcing that it is minded to grant it an electricity distribution licence.

Green GEN Cymru, a subsidiary of Bute Energy, wants to feed electricity from its yet-to-be-approved-or-built wind farms into the UK-wide distribution grid. If granted a licence by Ofgem, it would also allow other electricity generators to use its distribution network.

Bute Energy and Green GEN Cymru have both faced opposition to their plans from residents who say erecting wind turbines and pylons would ruin the beauty of rural Wales and damage the tourism industry.

The Welsh Government favours onshore wind but would prefer projects to be driven by local community groups. It also prefers the burying of cables rather than the erection of pylons in sensitive landscapes.

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