Windfarm plans in Abercarn and Carmarthenshire divide opinion

From a hillside above Abercarn in Caerphilly county, Grace Lloyd points across the moorland she can see from her home. "We're sort of surrounded by where the wind farms are going to be," she said. Familiar electricity pylons are dotted across the common. Planned wind turbines, she said, would be five times taller. "It would break my heart to see this covered in concrete and bulldozed," she added. Many people have contacted BBC Your Voice about plans for onshore wind farms across Wales, ahead of the Senedd elections on 7 May. In March, the Labour-run Welsh government signed a new deal with the energy sector to speed up progress towards its target of meeting 100% of electricity consumption with renewable energy by 2035. While some fear the impact wind turbines could have on their communities, recent polling carried out by YouGov on behalf of Friends of the Earth Cymru found broad support for renewable energy, including 65% in favour of onshore wind. Grace, 67, a retired geologist, has lived on the edge of Abercarn for more than 20 years, where housing gives way to open moorland. She contacted BBC Your Voice to share her concerns. "I saw this house and I just utterly fell in love," sh
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