{"id":10827,"date":"2015-12-07T11:43:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T11:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=10827"},"modified":"2015-12-07T11:43:05","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T11:43:05","slug":"welsh-villagers-to-continue-fight-against-renewable-energy-farm-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/welsh-villagers-to-continue-fight-against-renewable-energy-farm-2","title":{"rendered":"WELSH VILLAGERS TO CONTINUE FIGHT AGAINST RENEWABLE ENERGY FARM"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>After the\u00a0Cardiff and Newport City Councils approve the final plan for a solar energy plant on a patch of farmland, the villagers decide to take legal path to challenge the approval.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Edited-No-to-Solar-Energy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10829 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Edited-No-to-Solar-Energy.jpg\" alt=\"Edited No to Solar Energy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Edited-No-to-Solar-Energy.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Edited-No-to-Solar-Energy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Edited-No-to-Solar-Energy-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10829 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Edited-No-to-Solar-Energy.jpg\" alt=\"Edited No to Solar Energy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Edited-No-to-Solar-Energy.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Edited-No-to-Solar-Energy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Edited-No-to-Solar-Energy-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Residents of a village outside Cardiff will continue to challenge the proposal for a solar energy farm even after the City Councils approved the plan in November.<br \/>\nThe villagers of Michaelston-Y-Fedw, a hamlet at the border of Cardiff and Newport, raised their objection to the construction of over 18000 solar panels on an agricultural land in the village when the proposal was first floated.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are mainly concerned about the change of the prime agricultural land, its impact on bio-diversity and most importantly the concerns about flood in the area,\u201d says Nigel Hallet, the chairman of the Keep Us Rural, the campaign group leading the villagers\u2019 fight.<br \/>\nDespite the opposition of the villagers, both the Newport and the Cardiff City Councils gave the go-ahead\u2019 to the project with certain restrictions. The plant is to be decommissioned after 25 years. Villagers are not happy with it and preparing to approach the legal forum against the decision.<br \/>\nThe renewable energy trade body has raised concern over the delayed approval to the energy projects. \u201cDue to the complex planning policy, it takes time to get permission for renewable energy projects in Wales,\u201d says David Clubb, Director, Cymru, Renewable UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Welsh government struggles with the renewable energy target, the villagers outside Cardiff continue to object the construction of solar energy plant on agricultural land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":462,"featured_media":10828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,14],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-10827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-culture","category-global-city","category-politics-social-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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