Green energy plan ‘won’t benefit’ Welsh valley residents

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By Colletta SmithCost of Living correspondent

BBC Dina Smith in turquoise cardigan leaning on a fence in green valleysBBC

Dina Smith is worried about what future generations will say about pylons in Wales’ green valleys

From the end of Dina Smith’s driveway, there is green as far as the eye can see. Sunlight touches the rolling hills and moorland peaks.

“Just look at it,” she says as we take it all in. “This is beautiful, untouched Mid Wales.”

But this could all change if plans for a huge wind turbine project get the go-ahead.

For Dina, the valley is a “really special place”, where her, her daughters and their families live and where her grandfather grew up.

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In the run-up to the general election, she contacted the BBC through the Your Voice Your Vote portal with her concerns: “I just don’t want my grandchildren looking around this valley with industrial views of turbines and pylons and roads, and ask: ‘What did…

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