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James Evans MS presses First Minister on pylon proposals in Brecon and Radnorshire
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18/03/2025
James Evans says there is concern over the prospect of electricity pylons being erected “right the way through” his constituency.
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procedures moving forward.
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James Evans AM How is the Welsh Government supporting communities
00:07
affected by wind energy proposals in Brecon and Radnorshire?
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OAQ52321 Julie James AM The Welsh Government supports new renewable
00:13
energy projects to boost UK energy security, create valuable jobs and attract new green
00:18
industries to Wales.
00:20
Developers need to involve communities to deliver projects and impacts on communities
00:24
and the environment, and they are considered through the planning system.
00:28
James Evans AM First Minister, many of my constituents
00:31
are very concerned about the proposals by Green Gen Cymru to put pylons right the way
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through my constituency and other Members' constituencies within this Chamber.
00:40
The Welsh Government has set up an independent advisory body to look at the cost analysis
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of overgrounding and undergrounding cables.
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Many people would have thought that, actually, the analysis would have been done by now and
00:50
that data would have been published, so can you provide an update to me of when that data
00:54
is going to be published, and, when it is, will the Government send it for independent
00:59
academic analysis to make sure that everything has been looked at independently, to make
01:04
sure that nothing is skewed one way for one proposal over another?
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Julie James AM Well, thanks very much.
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I know there's a lot of concern in certain communities about proposals in relation to
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energy grids.
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That's one of the reasons why we've established this energy grid advisory board and they will
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be reporting very, very soon.
01:25
One of the things that, obviously, they have been considering is the fact that we do need
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to see an increase in the amount of energy that is produced in Wales.
01:34
The fact is that estimates suggest we'll need three times as much electricity by 2050 as
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we do today, and that's got to come from somewhere and it's got to be transported one way or
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another.
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I think it's absolutely right that we look at what is the best way to transport this
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energy, and we have to do that in a way that is sensitive.
01:55
We're working withóI had a conversation with Wind Europe last week to talk about how they
02:02
do it on the continent, so we will be doing further studies in relation to that, but you're
02:08
quite right, I spoke to the company themselves as well, and emphasised that, actually, any
02:13
analysis that they do needs to be independently verified.
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