Renewable Energy Projects

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 2:08 pm on 13 June 2018.

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Photo of Lesley Griffiths Lesley Griffiths Labour 2:08, 13 June 2018

I think it's really important that we keep our eye on a combination of different types of renewable energy, and I mentioned in my opening answer to Dai Lloyd about the Awel Aman Tawe community windfarm. That's wholly owned by the community. It cost £8 million, and I think we put forward half of that—I think it was about £4 million. They're now, again, ahead of schedule in making their repayments back to us. There's also the Gower Regeneration project that you'll be aware of. So, I'm very happy to look at all types of renewable energy, and if we're going to reach the very ambitious targets I set back last year, we need to see that combination.