Vattenfall’s Pen y Cymoedd Wind Energy Projects hits full power

Vattenfall announced that wales largest onshore wind farm, Pen y Cymoedd Wind Energy started operating at full power for the first time.

The 76-turbine Pen y Cymoedd Wind Energy Project is capable of meeting the electricity needs of more than 13% of households in Wales every year. It also boosts delivery of Wales’s climate change ambitions, displacing in an average year more than 300,000 tonnes of CO2 from fossil fuelled generation. Vattenfall has also supported skills development and employment opportunities in Wales. Pen y Cymoedd will employ a workforce of 20 onsite for the lifetime of the project.

Head of Vattenfall’s Business Area Wind, Gunnar Groebler said that with Pen y Cymoedd reaching full power Vattenfall takes another stride toward being fossil free and powering climate smarter living, their renewed purpose for doing what they do. He would like to thank colleagues and contractors for getting us to this point safely, with public support and on time. A big achievement.

Vattenfall’s Project Director, Will Wason said that to get to this stage of the project safely and on schedule is obviously very important to Vattenfall and their contractors. He sincerely hope that full generation from Wales’s largest onshore wind farm, producing competitive, clean, predictable power from the valleys will mean a lot to Wales. Pen y Cymoedd will power on average 188,000 homes every year across the nation with climate smart electricity and boost action on climate change. Generating full power from Wales’ largest onshore wind farm is a major achievement for the nation.

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