EDF Renewables has unveiled plans to create a new 110MW onshore windfarm called Garn Fach near Newtown in Wales.
The project, which will be built without subsidies, is expected to consist of 22 turbines each producing up to 5MW of electricity at a time.
The company has submitted an environmental scoping report to the Welsh government as well as an application to Powys Country Council to erect a meteorological mast at the site to gather accurate wind speed data. It expects to submit a planning application at the end of 2020.
Mark Vyvyan- Robinson, director of development and investments at EDF Renewables, said: “Garn Fach would make a positive contribution to our efforts to tackle climate change, as well as delivering benefits to the community.
“We are pleased to be developing Garn Fach in partnership with 14 local farming families and hope that the wind farm will be seen as an asset in the community in our fight to tackle climate change.”
The firm has committed to create a community benefit fund worth £5,000 per megawatt per year – amounting to up to £16.5 million over the 30-year lifetime of the project, depending on its final capacity.
EDF Renewables currently operates 36 windfarms in the UK with a combined capacity of almost 1GW. It is currently constructing the 450 MW Neart Na Gaoithe offshore project in the Firth of Forth, which it acquired from Mainstream Renewable Power in 2018.