Awel y Môr: Offshore wind farm step closer off north Wales coast
Plans to create one of the biggest offshore wind farms in the world off the north Wales coast have got a step closer despite fears over the impact on scenery.
About 100 turbines could be built as part of plans for Awel y Môr, between Colwyn Bay and Llanfairfechan.
Campaigners who fought against the nearby Gwynt y Môr farm said the turbines were "an eyesore".
RWE Renewables said the wind farm would create "green clean renewable energy".
Back in 2015, the same developers opened one of the UK's largest offshore wind farms, Gwynt y Môr, which has 160 turbines, off the coast of Llandudno, Conwy.
Now they have been granted rights by the Crown Estate for the sea bed between Colwyn Bay and Llanfairfechan.
A "scoping report" has been submitted to councils in the region, outlining plans to build another 100 turbines, to the west of the current wind farm.
This would mean that the two combined would create one of the biggest wind farms in the world.
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