Windfarmers find fertile ground in Welsh hills

Plans to build one of the one of Britain's biggest windfarms were announced yesterday. Costing just under £16m and potentially producing 69MW, it would be operational by the end of 2010. Renewable Energy Holdings decided on the site in Llangurig, Powys, after an independent study revealed that the winds were strong enough to make it one of the most efficient sites in the UK. "You could say this is our cornerstone investment," chief executive Mike Proffitt said. "The study revealed that the site has a net capacity factor of 36%, while the global average for wind farms is 24-32%."Abhinav Ramnarayan