UK says yes to up to 299MW at Vattenfall's Pen Y Cymoedd wind

The UK government has given the go-ahead to Vattenfall’s 76-turbine Pen Y Cymoedd onshore wind farm in Wales.

At up to 299MW the £300m ($484m) project could become the highest-capacity land-based wind plant in England and Wales.

Vattenfall says it could begin construction work next year after receiving consent from UK energy minister Charles Hendry.

The first power from Pen Y Cymoedd – which the Swedish utility says will have a capacity of “250MW-plus” – would be due in 2016.

The planned wind farm is sited on publicly-owned land managed by Forestry Commission Wales in the south of the country.

Vattenfall says it will review the letter of consent in detail before making…

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