Three other projects are in the pipe-line with the planning processes expected to overlap :
- 16 turbine project for nearby Bryn Gilwern,
- 18 turbine project for Aberedw
- 60 mile electricity line, mostly above-ground, to near Carmarthen.
Although Bute is responsible for all these projects, the consultation documents do not discuss the cumulative impact they will have on the Radnor hills.
Bute has many more projects over Wales, with nine already entered in the Inspectorate Planning System for Developments of National Significance.
They have never built a wind farm or an electricity power line and so are expected to sell on immediately if they get permissions.
The principle investor is Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners but we understand that Bute has already received over £18 million funding from the Wales Pension Partnership, covering 8 Local Government Authorites, and is due to get £50 million more. Powys, who is among the eight authorities, declined to invest.