News / Newyddion
28 May 2026
Stuart George stands down as CEO of Green GEN Cymru.
Green GEN Cymru have now confirmed that Stuart George is stepping down from his role and will be replaced by Andrew Hardcastle. Mr George remains active as a director on the board of the company and is also a director for the parent company Windward Energy.
Read more details about this in the informative article on Nation.Cymru
15 May 2026
Money for Nothing?
A forensic accountant's investigation reveals how Bute Energy and its associated companies managed to generate large sums of money for its principal directors despite having no real earnings and considerable debts.
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By using highly dubious accounting practices, Bute Energy was able to pay dividends of around £58 million through its parent company Windward Energy to four other Windward group companies. Each of those companies is owned by the four founding directors of the group. The greatest recipient was Oliver Millican (82%) while the others were Stuart George (8%), Lawson Steele (8%) and John Reilly (3%).
The resulting funds were then used for unconnected property investments in Scotland. Bute Energy has no operational projects and is entirely funded by external investment, notably by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and the Wales Pension Partnership.
Calls for further investigation of the group's financial activities have been made to the Insolvency Service, Planning and Environment Decisions Wales (PEDW) and the Serious Fraud Office. The issue was highlighted by the Re-Think group and reported by Nation.Cymru
8 May 2026
Senedd election results
First election with new constituencies, increased members to 96 and a different voting system.
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Plaid Cymru now the largest party for the first time with 43 seats.
Reform UK gets 34 seats.
Labour reduced to just 9 seats.
Conservatives 7 seats.
Wales Green Party 2 seats.
Full breakdown and details of all constituency results here on Wikipedia.
22 April 2026
Green GEN Cymru subject to Judicial Review following action taken by a coalition of Welsh farmers.
Community group Justice for Wales has taken legal action against Green GEN Cymru following numerous reports of intimidating, irresponsible and potentially illegal behaviour.
Read the details on the BBC Wales news report : Hundreds of farmers challenge pylons firm which 'frightened and intimidated' communities
2 September 2025
Garreg Fawr Energy Park
Bute Energy has announced plans for its Garreg Fawr Energy Park to the north of Sennybridge.
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A very extensive proposal running up from the A40 to the MOD Sennybridge Training Area. 22 wind turbines of 220m height are planned. The connection route to the Towy-Usk pylons line is currently unknown and will be subject to a separate planning application.
Their initial public consultation on the proposal runs from 17th September to 29th October.
22 August 2025
Bryn Cadwgan Energy Park
Galileo has recently completed its pre-application consultation for the proposed Bryn Cadwgan Energy Park on the Carmarthenshire–Ceredigion border.
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This is a large proposal with 19 wind turbines (up to 230m), solar panels, and battery storage. An on-site substation will be located in south-east part of the site, but the method of connection to the grid has not yet been defined.
To facilitate transport for construction a "blade transfer area" is planned by the A40 at Llanwrda.
11 July 2025
Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru announces three new wind farms
Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru, an energy company wholly owned by the Welsh Government, is proposing to build three large wind farms on land managed by Natural Resources Wales.
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The wind farm sites announced so far are :
Glyn Cothi, near Brechfa in Carmathenshire, with 27 turbines.
Clocaenog Dau, with 22 turbines, near Ruthin and adjacent to the existing RWE wind farm.
Carreg Wen Wind Farm, Rhondda Cynon Taf, to the south of Aberdare, with 18 turbines.
The method of connection to the grid for Glyn Cothi is currently unclear. It will most likely connect to the Llandyfaelog substation, possibly using a new overhead transmision line.
10 April 2025
Green GEN Cymru take five landowners to court
Carmarthenshire landowners who refused access for pylon surveys were issued court warrants applied for by Green GEN. Five of the farmers ended up at Llanelli Magistrates’ Court after refusing to comply.
Read more at WalesOnline: - Five Welsh farms taken to court over access to their land to build pylons. Now more face legal action in 'David vs Goliath' battle
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The Song of the Land: Why the Fight for Mid-Wales Echoes Centuries of Protest
Posted on Tuesday June 02, 2026
Dr. Wyn Thomas is a well-known historian with a significant depth of expertise in Welsh protest movements. His landmark study on the flooding of Cwm Tryweryn offers profound insights into today’s political climate. The cultural and environmental trauma of that era directly parallels current, contentious debates regarding the industrialisati …… Read more
A40 Traffic Chaos at Llanwrda
Posted on Friday October 31, 2025
The flyer created by the Caru Teifi group outlining the traffic management issues that will be caused by the construction of the four windfarms around and above Lampeter, raises the important issue that our narrow rural road network will be used for construction traffic transporting materials and turbine blades from Swansea M4, to Carmarthen A48 and then …… Read more
Hands Off Wales Episode 2
Posted on Wednesday October 22, 2025
Hands off Wales interviewed people at the demonstration outside the Plaid Conference in Swansea on Saturday 11th October.
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What would Gwynfor say?
Posted on Sunday October 12, 2025
Under the leadership of Havard Hughes, who serves as the spokesperson for the Carmarthenshire Residents Action Group (CRAiG) and as the Vice Chairman of Our Tywi Valley (Llandeilo Community Group Against Pylons), a protest occurred outside the Plaid Cymru Conference in Swansea. This demonstration was organized in response to the extensive developmen …… Read more
About this News page
Posted on Saturday October 04, 2025
This News and Views page is managed by WordPress software using its well known Blog style. The navigation menu at the top-right links it into the rest of the Our Tywi Valley website. It is locally hosted on the same server but may respond a little slower than other pages due to the additional software overhead.
Unlike the rest of the site there is only one instanc …… Read more
The North South pylon line: How did we get here, where will it go?
Posted on Monday November 18, 2024
by Jonathan F Dean
The long speculated north south pylon line seems to be on. Identified as critical to the U.K. government’s aim for clean power by 2030, necessary to get electricity from Scotland to south Wales and facilitating the mass building of onshore wind farms in mid Wales, National Grid are now offering connection agreements to it
How did we get he …… Read more
History Repeating Itself: From valley drownings to pylon routes
Posted on Friday October 18, 2024
The slogan for the controversial Tryweryn valley drowning (despite protests and opposition from local MPs against it), was Cofiwch Dryweryn (“Remember Tryweryn”) and this became a symbol reminding people not to forget the destruction of the landscape and the community. The wall on which the slogan is painted is an unofficial memorial to th …… Read more
Protest march through Llandovery in opposition to Green GEN’s plans for 60 miles of pylons
Posted on Thursday April 18, 2024
Hundreds of protestors opposing plans for a 60 mile pylon route through mid Wales took to the streets to show their opposition. Bute Energy/Green GEN has submitted plans to run the pylons through countryside and farmland from Radnor to Carmarthen.
The company met a frosty reception from people living in the affected areas when they attended a public consu …… Read more
How the Welsh government sold out the Welsh countryside
Posted on Sunday February 04, 2024
The following is an article written by David Goodridge in the publication NetZero Watch.
It details the events which led to the Welsh Government effectively selli …… Read more
Bute Energy plan new pylon route through the Teifi Valley
Posted on Sunday January 28, 2024
The Towy Teifi scheme which will connect Bute Energy’s Lan Fawr Energy Park, which is being developed on land north of Lampeter, to the east of Llanddewi Brefi. The proposed route would see it passing near the communities of Lampeter, Llanllwni, Alltwalis and Rhydargaeau, then east of Carmarthen crossing both the A40 and A48 to a National Grid substation at …… Read more