The National Park and Green Energy

What does the National Park Authority think about green energy?
If you read the B&R for any length of time, you might be led to believe that they don't like it very much.

There's been the long running legal saga of Great Porthamel Farm near Talgarth and the anaerobic digester they want to build. They thought they had finally been given permission to build it, only to have the decision reversed over a technicality.
This week, it's Dan yr Ogof Caves who are complaining. They wanted to build a hydro-electric scheme which would, they say, create 25 local jobs (much needed in the area). Now, though, they're pulling out of the project, and say they're not going to invest any more money in Dan yr Ogof because the Parks Authority have made life so difficult for them. Instead, they're going to invest their money in projects in the French ski resort of Meribel, in the French National Park of Vanoise in the Alps.

However, things are rarely so clear-cut, and at the same time as these big projects are being bogged down with paperwork and legal quibbles, the National Parks are actually supporting the Green Valleys project to bring mini hydro-electric plants to mountain streams throughout the Park.