Mynydd y Gwair

Mynydd y Gwair (Penlle’r Castell) (English: The Hay Mountain) is a mountain in Swansea, Wales. Mynydd y Gwair is 373m/1224 ft high. On 2 September 2008 Npower renewables submitted a planning application for the development of a windfarm on Mynydd Y Gwair. The proposed development is for 19 wind turbines over a site of 473 hectares, each with a maximum height of 127m and an output of 2.5MW. The total average output of the development is estimated to be 38-57MW, enough to supply 28,000 homes equivalent to 29% of the homes in the Swansea unitary authority area. The site is at the western end of the Pontardawe Strategic Search Areas (SSAs), one of seven SSAs in Wales identified by the Welsh Assembly Government in 2005 as recommended sites...