Site Map |  Cymraeg   11 - 18 years > What can we do to reduce climate change? > Renewable energy in Wales > What are windfarms? > Location of Welsh windfarms LOCATION OF WIND FARMS IN WALES Wind farms in UK 2005            ONSHORE   OFFSHORE   Wales 21 Wales 1 England 46 England 2 Scotland 29     N Ireland 11                         Total 107                  Total 3 Wind farms under construction         Wales 4     England 6 England 2 Scotland 8     N Ireland 1                         Total 19     Wind farms being planned     Wind farms being planned   Wales 21 Wales 2 England 74 England 8 Scotland 96 Scotland 2 N Ireland 18                         Total 209                     Total 12 Try This! Go to the web site http://www.bwea.com/map/uk.html and click on the interactive map. This shows the distribution of all the wind farms in the UK. Click on your nearest wind farm for a photograph and details. Use the table to describe the proportion of UK wind farms found in Wales. Why is Wales suitable for wind farms? It is in the path of the prevailing South westerly winds It has a large amount of high land which has   stronger winds sparsely populated areas, so visual and noise pollution affects fewer people areas away from National Parks where scenic beauty is to be preserved areas used for sheep farming where wind farms would not interrupt the economy inexpensive land Wales has a long coastline and the potential to develop offshore wind farms

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Opinions on windfarms in Wales Planning for windfarms in Wales Case study : Gelligaer wind farm