Fears raised over environmental impact of ‘disproportionate’ offshore wind-farm substation
Plans for a wind-farm substation has sparked fears over the loss of agricultural land and that a rural village will end up “semi-industrial”. Both Denbighshire and Conwy councils have written to Mona Offshore Wind Farm Ltd over concerns about a 107-turbine wind farm planned off the coast of North Wales – with the underground cables coming to shore around Llanddulas and Abergele. Now a group of residents living in the village says they want to raise awareness about what is happening to the rural area. One of the members, a 67-year-old retired steelworker, said he had lived in Cefn Meiriadog with his wife for ten years and wanted to raise awareness of the amount of development planned in the St Asaph area. “Mona Offshore Wind farm is a monster,” he said. >click to read< 12:35
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