Energy in Wales

The coal industry in Wales had reached large proportions by the end of the eighteenth century, and then further expanded to supply steam-coal for the steam vessels that were beginning to trade around the world.

[6] The natural resource base for renewable energy is high by European standards, with the core sources being wind, wave, and tidal.

[citation needed] In 1963, the Ffestiniog Power Station was constructed, providing a large scale generation of hydroelectricity, and in November 1973, the Centre for Alternative Technology was opened in Machynlleth.

[8][9] In January 2023, plans of a new Swansea tidal lagoon project called "Blue Eden" emerged but this time fully funded by the private sector.

[10] The Morlais tidal stream project, on the west coast of Anglesey, could deliver up to 120 MW of renewable clean energy.