'This is drowning an area just like Tryweryn... not with water but with solar panels'

COUNCIL EXECUTIVE VOTES TO PRESS AHEAD WITH LEGAL CHALLENGE T0 CONTROVERSIAL POWER SCHEME

- By ANDREW FORGRAVE Countryside and Tourism Editor

The area covered by Enso Energy's proposed 160MW Alaw Mon solar farm.

(ENSO ENERGY)

ANGLESEY Council is to press ahead with a legal challenge against a controversial solar energy development.

A councillor claimed the huge project was the island’s “Tryweryn” - referring to the Gwynedd valley that was dammed and drowned in the 1960s to create a reservoir, against widespread opposition.

In August the Alaw Mon scheme was approved by Rebecca Evans, the Welsh Government’s secretary for economy, energy and planning,

If it goes ahead, the scheme will see solar panels installed on 660 acres of farmland between Llantrisant and Llannerch-y-Medd.