Secretary for Energy invited to visit industry-leading Carmarthenshire firm
Local politician Jane Dodds MS has invited the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning Rebecca Evans MS to visit a local Carmarthen underground cabling firm.
ATP Cable Ploughing, a firm based in Pencader, operates a specialist machine called a “spiderplow” which allows cables to be installed underground with minimal impact.
The Carmarthenshire firm is already laying over a kilometre of high voltage cable a day in sensitive areas across the UK.
Underground cabling has been hailed as an alternative from building overhead Pylons across the countryside, with underground cables being less vulnerable to damages caused by the weather.
Mid and West Wales MS Jane Dodds has now called on the Welsh Government to make underground cabling the default option in Wales instead of building more overhead Pylons.
Speaking to the Siambr on Tuesday, Jane Dodds MS invited the Cabinet Secretary for Energy Rebecca Evans MS to a cross-party site visit to ATP Cable Plough, so that she could see “their cutting-edge technology firsthand to demonstrate how undergrounding can secure our energy future while also protecting our beautiful landscapes.
Undergrounding our power infrastructure isn’t just about appearance, it’s about resilience. And with more extreme weather events becoming the norm, having a more weather-proof grid is becoming increasingly more important.
The Welsh Government’s commitment to building a green economy is welcomed but we must go further, particularly when it comes to alternative approaches like underground cabling, in order to give ourselves a chance at futureproofing our energy grid.”
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