Brechfa Forest West wind park officially starts operation
Minister for Environment at Welsh Government and Hans Bünting, COO Renewables of innogy SE, officially open Brechfa Forest West; a new onshore wind farm, located north of Carmarthen, South Wales. The renewable energy project has an installed capacity of 57.4MW and can generate enough energy to meet the equivalent electricity needs of 38,800 average Welsh homes annually.
Brechfa Forest West Wind Farm, which was awarded Renewable Energy Project of the Year at the Business Green Leaders Awards, will help deliver on Welsh Government’s target for 70% of Wales’ electricity consumption to be generated from Welsh renewables by 2030.
The £100 million scheme that is composed of 28 Senvion MM92 turbines started generating for the first time in January 2018 after two years of construction. It is Innogy's first onshore wind farm to be built in Wales for 12 years and has been built by local people using local materials wherever possible. Over 70% of the materials for the civils works were procured from within 30km of site.
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