Waun Hesgog

Waun Hesgog is another proposal from Bute Energy, the company which is also applying to develop four other renewable power stations in the Cambrian Mountains as well as an energy park at Nant Mythil in the Radnorshire Forest and a chain of pylons through the Towy valley to connect that park and any others developed in the centre of Mid-Wales, to the National Grid at Ammanford. Bute Energy are part of a complex web of companies whose ultimate ownership is unclear but can be traced through several Danish funds to a Luxembourg partnership.

The initial proposal is for 37 220m (720ft) high turbines above Talybont and across to Nant y Moch, including four in or within touching distance of Hyddgen, the site of Owain Glyndwr’s famous victory over English forces in the 15th century.   The access would be up a tiny road, currently gated, into a valley holding the remains of a number of historic mines.

This is an exceptionally remote and tranquil area – even by the standards of the remote and tranquil Cambrian Mountains –  where these turbines would dominate the landscape seen by anyone looking across from Pumlumon and, indeed, anyone in the southern foothills of Snowdonia National Park.  A local opposition group is forming to fight the proposal.

The project was expected to go into statutory consultations in the summer of 2026, but this appears to have slipped back to the autumn.  Perhaps Bute’s team are tied up on their repeated failure to respond adequately to objector’s comments on their Nant Mithil scheme?

For Bute Energy’s explanation of their plans, see: https://bute.energy/waun-hesgog/overview/