Proposals for a 56-mile section of pylons and cables from a planned wind farm in Powys to a national grid connection point in Carmarthenshire have generated a huge response. There are strong feelings about the preferred route of the Green GEN Towy Usk project, as it is known, particularly in Carmarthenshire's Towy Valley. Campaigners want the cables buried underground.
Green GEN Cymru - part of the Bute Energy group - has said that doing so would cost seven to 10 times as much as overhead ones. There have long been calls to upgrade the electricty grid in Mid Wales, and the Welsh Government wants all the country's electricity to be 100% renewable by 2035.
In this article Bute Energy grid director Gareth Williams replies to questions from the Local Democracy Reporting Service about the proposals. He reveals that ways of installing cables underground, which may be cheaper than traditional methods, will be explored.
