Wales has plenty of potential renewable energy capacity, both off-shore and on-shore wind, and even solar electricity generation. However, as NFU Cymru complain, connecting it to the National Grid is not possible at present.
Garry Williams, a sheep and beef farmer on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park, said: "We've got 3.9kw of solar panels on site at the moment. We're looking at the possibility of expanding the renewable energy production as a form of diversification."But we've got a major problem, and the problem is there isn't the capacity in the National Grid to take the electric produced down the line."
According to NFU Cymru's president, Aled Jones, the lack of capacity on the electricity network is a major barrier for farmers wanting to produce clean energy.
He said: "A lot of members who've been trying to get into diversification projects and renewable energy have found themselves unable to get grid connection because the availability in the grid was insufficient.
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