Why the project is needed
Climate change is threatening our livelihoods, landscapes and wildlife.
The challenges of climate change are well recognised by the UK and Welsh Governments, and the local authorities in Powys and Shropshire. Both councils report that the effects of climate change are already being seen in the counties.
The UK and Welsh Governments both want to accelerate the development of renewable energy as part of plans to address the climate emergency.
As we move away from fossil fuels, new energy generation will be located where it can capture sustainable sources like wind, tidal and solar. The electricity grid will also change to connect these new sources to homes and businesses.
In Mid Wales and Shropshire, the existing electricity network does not have the capacity to connect new renewables to homes and businesses, locally and nationally - to end the use of fossil fuels we need new infrastructure and quickly. If we do not upgrade the electricity network quickly, we risk missing renewable targets and failing to address the climate emergency.
Green GEN Cymru's Vyrnwy Frankton connection will mean that the energy generated by new energy parks can be used in homes and businesses, locally and nationally.
The infrastructure we need to transition to a low carbon economy can also bring many benefits. It has the potential to create new skills and jobs, nationally and locally. And it will support the adoption of low carbon technologies in our homes and businesses.
Addressing the climate emergency means:
"Ambitious action on climate change saves lives. Climate change is a significant global issue with local impacts for everyone. Powys has already experienced extreme weather events including flooding and storm damage. Although we are already experiencing the negative impacts of climate change, we can still decide what our future looks like. Our actions today impact on both current and future generations."
Powys County Council’s Strategy for Climate Change.
"In Shropshire, long term climate change trends mean hotter, drier summers and milder wetter winters and an increase in extreme events across the seasons, including intense rainfall, extreme cold and heat waves. The extremity of change is expected to depend on future levels of emissions of climate change gases. The more that is done now to reduce emissions, the less extreme the expected impact in the future."
Shropshire Council’s Climate Change for Communities.
"Transitioning to a modern, place-based decarbonised energy system that is fit for the twenty-first century poses significant challenges, but it also has the potential to bring great benefit, both for the environment and for economic and social wellbeing of our communities."
Mid Wales Energy Strategy.
"As the global energy crisis deepens, domestic energy costs sky rocket, and the ticking of the climate catastrophe time bomb becomes ever more deafening, the case for rapid acceleration in renewable energy development has never been stronger."
Renewable Energy in Wales, Welsh Government.
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