Wales’ first solar park powers up in Pembrokeshire

greendrinks — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:54:28 +0000

The first solar park in Wales is expected to start converting sunlight into electricity later at the Rhosygilwen estate in Pembrokeshire.

Almost 10,000 solar panels have been imported from the United States and are placed in 12 lines in a six-acre field.

The £2.5m investment will be onstream three weeks before the UK government lowers the subsidy for large-scale solar energy investors.

Read full story on BBC News

Tyre ‘freeze’ recycle plant opens

greendrinks — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:02:17 +0000

About 9,000 car tyres a year will be recycled at a new £4m plant. The owners of TyreGenics at Baglan, Neath Port Talbot, say it will reprocess over 30,000 tonnes of used tyres each year into rubber “crumb”.

It uses liquid nitrogen to freeze tyres until brittle, then smashes them into tiny pieces for use as sports pitches and rubber flooring.

The plant, which is creating 25 jobs, is said by the company to be among the most advanced of its kind in the world.

The owners claim it already has contracts in place to sell 90% of the plant’s “crumb” product.

Mark Wyatt, of TyreGenics UK, said the volume of tyres being recycled was the equivalent of all the tyres produced in Wales annually.

- Full story on the BBC’s online news website

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Wales’ first solar park powers up in Pembrokeshire

Tyre ‘freeze’ recycle plant opens