environment: Blowing life back into the valleys: Villagers go to the polls over first non-profit community-owned wind farm

Emily Hinshelwood, research coordinator for Awel Aman Tawe, a community group set up to take the project forward, says: "The whole focus is on community regeneration." As part of its research, Awel Aman Tawe - the name translates literally as Amman Swansea breeze or wind - sent a member of...

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Published inThe Guardian (London)
Main Author Gibbs, Geoffrey
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London (UK) Guardian News & Media Limited 10.01.2001
Subjects
Economic development
Referendums
Wind power
Windmills
Wales
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Summary:Emily Hinshelwood, research coordinator for Awel Aman Tawe, a community group set up to take the project forward, says: "The whole focus is on community regeneration." As part of its research, Awel Aman Tawe - the name translates literally as Amman Swansea breeze or wind - sent a member of its steering group to Europe to look at a cooperatively-owned wind farm project in Denmark. If the project gets the go-ahead in the community referendum, Awel Aman Tawe will need to steer the proposals through the full planning process, including the preparation of an environmental impact assessment, before embarking on the task of raising the pounds 4m needed to turn the dream into reality.
ISSN:0261-3077