Map of wind farms and planned pylon routes in Wales map top
This map shows the routes of all new pylon lines proposed by Bute/Green GEN Cymru.
Existing and planned wind farms are shown, those proposed by Bute Energy as well as other companies.
Zoom and pan to change view. Click on any feature for information. Options may be selected from the map layer menu (top-right icon).
See below for Key to map features and further information.
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| Steel lattice pylons lines = red, with darker individual pylon markers where known |  |
| Option B alternative mid section of Towy-Usk = pink with darker pylon markers |  |
| Wood pole overhead lines = brown, with darker pole location markers where known |  |
| Towy-Usk undeground section = purple |  |
| Planned wind farms = dark orange |  |
| Existing wind farms or under construction = light orange |  |
| Speculative wind farm locations = lilac-pink (option in map menu) |  |
| Wind turbine planned = blue (option in map menu) |  |
| Wind turbine existing = grey-blue (option in map menu) |  |
Not all wind farms have 'Go to' links - sorry!
About this map:
Representation is best effort and based on available information. Pylon route lines may change as planning progresses. Area boundaries for wind farms are simplified or approximated only and are not in any way definitive. They are also likely to change in future.
There are currently four pylon line proposals: Towy-Usk, Towy-Teifi, Vyrnwy-Frankton and Rhiwlas. Towy-Usk and Towy-Teifi both terminate at a proposed new substation south of Carmarthen. Vyrnwy-Frankton runs from Montgomeryshire into into Shropshire. The Rhiwlas line links between wind farm projects in Powys.
The three biggest proposals mostly use steel latice pylons, with a section of wood pole overhead lines at the start of the Towy-Usk line. The Rhiwlas line uses all wood poles (132kV single circuit) and is shown as an approximate route, using mid-point of their preferred corridor.
Wind farm circle markers indicate locations where not much else is known. Speculative wind farms, pink circles, are known by company name only and located with reasonable probability derived from that name (optional display in the layer menu).
Individual planned and existing wind turbines can be shown (options in menu) if locations are known, though not always available in plans. Where possible the turbine markers are scaled to the rotor size, those recently specified are often much larger than older existing units.
A few large solar projects are shown, though not many. This is work in progress.
Place markers give a small selection of locations that may be impacted along the routes. They can be turned off/on in the map layer menu.
The base map can be changed between Open Street Map, Open Topographical Map or Satellite - select from the layers menu at the top-right corner.
Information presented on this map is not guaranteed as acurate, but the features are intended to give a reasonably good idea of location. With that in mind, any part of this map may be freely reproduced. The map is generated by open source software (Leaflet) and open licensed map layers.
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