Calls for government to investigate underground cables as alternative to pylons
Powys county councillors will debate a motion to lobby the Welsh Government to thoroughly investigate if putting energy cables underground is a possibility.
These would take electricity that could be created in the county to the national grid instead of pylons.
The issue has been raised again due to planning applications deemed to be Developments of National Significance (DNS), which will be dealt with by Welsh Government planning inspectors, that propose using pylons to take energy produced in Powys to be connected to the national grid.
At a council meeting on Thursday, the motion will be put forward by cabinet member for a connected Powys, Councillor Jake Berriman.
Councillor Berriman’s motion calls for a “technical evaluation of under-grounding power cables from energy parks”.
He said: “It is widely recognised that the UK needs more wind and solar farms and nuclear power in the coming years to meet low-carbon energy targets and the demand on the grid will only increase the more transport, industry, and domestic heating are electrified to reduce carbon emissions.”
