RWE is exploring the potential for a wind farm to the east of the town of Abertillery, and to the west of the town of Abersychan. The site is located in both Torfaen County Borough Council and Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, Wales.
The proposal is a six turbine wind farm with a maximum tip height of up to 200m. The potential electricity generated would be the equivalent to the needs of 50,000* UK homes - a number similar to the total number of households in Torfaen itself.
Since launching its proposals, RWE has worked closely with the community and undertaken extensive consultation. We’ve carried out extensive assessments and surveys at the site, held discussions with interested parties, conducted an informal public consultation and gathered a huge amount of valuable information.
Having reviewed all feedback received during consultation, the team has submitted a planning application to Planning and Environment Decisions Wales (PEDW). This application has now been accepted for consideration by PEDW.
*Energy predicted to be generated by the proposal is derived using wind speeds monitored in the local area and correlating to longer term historical weather data using meteorological models seeded with data obtained from satellite, surface based and airborne measurement systems. The equivalent homes supplied figure is based on an annual mean domestic electricity consumption of 3,126 kWh per household in Wales from the latest statistics from Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (Subnational Electricity Consumption, Great Britain, 2005-2022, annual mean domestic electricity consumption (kWh per household) for Wales, 2022 (https://bit.ly/3QRaYHv) Regional and local authority electricity consumption statistics (www.gov.uk)). Figures are rounded.
