Yes thats right cover the whole of powys with these useless machines and ruin the landscape and peoples lives in the process. Shows how much contempt our politicians have for us, including Mick Bates who supports this, as long as it doesnt come near his farm!
Powys county Council are spineless and The W.A.G dumps these schemes on non labour/Plaid areas. A huge stitch up and con. Soon powys will be one of the most industrially blighted landscapes in Britain and yet not one coal fired power station can ever be turned off as no one knows when the wind will blow or not!

Ap lloyd's somewhat bitter comments about Mick Bates and the Powys C.C. are clearly as result of holding a minority viewpoint - if the polls are correct. His mail should thus be assigned to the waste bin.

I completely agree with having an unlimited amount of windfarms in Powys and the surrounding area!!
The people that are against them are all of a certain age shall we say, and it is partly their generations fault that the state of the global climate is in such a shocking state. Coal, wood and the fossil fuels that they all use so freely without any regard for the environment is shocking. Any resource that we can use that is renewable, green, and efficient must be good for the county and the world. Windfarms are not noisy, not ugly, (in fact they are quite amazing to look at, near or far) and most of all THEY ARE GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. We should be saluting our MP's for looking after our future generations!!

Wind farms are the easy way out for the government. They appeal to the 'naive'greens who ignore the facts. The amount of environmental damage done just building the wind turbines (trucks, massive amounts of concrete for the foundations); the fact that they can only operate around 1/3 of the time; that they are only 33% efficient, and as such, "spinning" alternative power generation (coal, gas, nuclear) is still needed to maintain power for the national grid. There is appreciable damage to wildlife (birds); homes within sight of wind turbine farms lose their saleable values; and when they are "retired from service" after a mere 20-25 years, the massive concrete foundations remain in the ground, continuing to despoil the area - what do the "greens" have to say about that?

So are wind turbines green and efficient? Of course not. This and previous governments have paid only lip service to alternative forms of energy. If this current administration were serious about energy saving, they would provide realistic subsidies and grants towards domestic solar panels (recently removed from grant status), heat pumps and better insulation for existing homes. But of course, they won't do that - simple logic has been proven to be above the intellect of our political parties.

The scarring on the landscape caused by these machines is out of all proportion to the trivial amounts of energy they generate. The landscape is the heritage of everybody; if the politicians won't stop these developments, the people themselves should take action.

Research by independent bodies, ie those not supported by the wind farm industry nor the Government show that these white elephants make no significant contribution to CO2 reduction, that they are inefficient due to their dependence on certain limited wind conditions, they are heavily subsidised ( by ALL electricity consumers), they damage the health of those who live nearby,and that they make huge amounts of money for the investors (mainly overseas).So,apart from the considerable environmental damage, they are clearly a great idea