RE: Appointment8 Jan 2021 13:09
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The Uskmouth conversion meets the Welsh Government’s definition of renewable and low carbon energy.
Prosperity for All: A Low Carbon Wales:
• We need low carbon electricity to become the main source of energy in Wales.
• Policy 74 - We will continue to support the generation of renewable energy from the Anaerobic Digestion
(AD) of food waste, energy recovery from waste wood in biomass power plants and the energy recovery
of residual waste (the renewable element) and the utilisation of landfill gas.
The Uskmouth project makes use of an existing facility with minimal carbon generation associated with
construction to produce 220MW of low carbon energy. The alternative to generate 220MW of low carbon
energy would require a new build gas fired power station or gas engines, circa 100 wind turbines or
approximately 400 hectares of solar panels.
Overall Planning Policy
The Welsh Government strongly supports the principle of developing renewable and low carbon energy from
all technologies and at all scales to meet our future energy needs (Future Wales - The National Plan 2040). In
determining planning applications for renewable and low carbon energy development, decision-makers must
give significant weight to the need to meet Wales’ international commitments and our target to generate 70%
of consumed electricity by renewable means by 2030 in order to combat the climate emergency (Policy 74
Future Wales - The National Plan 2040).
Planning authorities should also look favourably on any renewable and low carbon energy generation
proposals designed to serve clusters, such as district heating systems and high efficiency energy recovery
from waste, or the provision of an integrated network of waste recycling or collection (Planning Policy Wales
10).
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