Pen y Cymoedd
The largest onshore wind farm in England and Wales.
Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm is located in South Wales. Its 76 turbines became can produce enough electricity to power around 15% of Welsh homes annually. A 22MW battery is also co-located at the site.
Did you know?
One rotation of a turbine at the wind farm can produce enough electricity to power an average UK home for 9 hours.
Biodiversity
The site is home to one of the largest peatland restoration programmes in Southern Britain. An area 1500 hectares in size is part of the project's Habitat Management Plan, to restore the peatland on the site.
Habitat restoration at Pen y Cymoedd
The Habitat Management Programme is aiming to restore a peatland habitat at landscape scale. We are working in partnership with a number of projects and organisations, building a hub of peatland expertise working on the site.
The community
The Pen y Cymoedd Community Interest Company runs the wind farm's community fund, with £2.4million available annually to local groups and businesses. More than 700 projects have been supported already - from tourism businesses to sports clubs, nature projects to schemes to invest in local skills.
The community fund
You can read here about some of the incredible projects that are thriving with funding from the wind farm.
Visiting the wind farm
The wind farm is located on the Welsh Government's Woodland Estate. Thousands of walkers and mountain bikers visit the site throughout the year, and can enjoy the views and local trails.
One of those trails - Blade - was funded by the wind farm.
Hundreds of school children also join organised visits to the site to learn about renewable energy and peatland restoration.