Turbine Blade size Demonstration on Epynt South Common

The following press release was issued to media and key politicians on 5th October 2026.

Local campaigners to unveil giant 80m turbine blade on South Epynt common.

Sunday 18th October

Residents are being invited to experience the sheer scale of the giant
wind turbines proposed for the Epynt and surrounding uplands when
local campaign groups, Amddiffyn Mynydd Epynt (AME) and Here Be
Dragons, display a full-size 80-metre turbine blade on South Epynt
common.

At 220 metres tall, the proposed turbines would be among the largest
ever seen in England and Wales. Their blades alone are the length of a
Boeing 747, transforming what is currently an open and unspoilt
landscape into an industrial-scale energy development visible for many
miles.

Craftswomen from the two groups have spent many hours sewing this
enormous piece of calico with an industrial Singer sewing machine. The
installation needs 32 volunteers to carry it using light weight poles at 2.5
metre intervals. It has been designed to show how these blades would
look in the landscape; the group are calling this their act of Craftivism.
They will be displaying the ‘blade’ in the landscape with the aim of
helping local people get a sense of the sheer scale and space these
turbines would occupy on our hilltops if the applications were granted
permission to go ahead.

There are 70 huge windfarms planned across rural Wales, Garreg Fawr
Energy Park being the local example proposed by Bute Energy. This
would be a hugely invasive development of 22 giant turbines and
associated infrastructure, completely surrounding the village of
Llanfihangel Nant Brân, one of our most idyllic villages nestled in the hills
between Brecon and Sennybridge.

The location of the display and first outing of the demonstration is above
the village on the unspoilt South Epynt Common (What 3 words:
heartless.swerving.down; Grid ref. SN9295433459).

The blades for the turbines have to be transported in one piece, which
will not be possible without serious alteration of roads and boundary
hedgerows. This alone would cause intolerable disruption. The damage
to the Epynt commons, the water table and the wildlife ecosystems
would all have devastating long term impacts.

Project leader, Sophie Jauncey, one of the craftswomen of AME said:
“this feels like an essential piece in the bigger picture of our continued
efforts to communicate to local people the scale of what we are facing”.

AME spokesperson Mark Collins said:
“In line with our aim to protect the Epynt commons and determination to
inform local people of Bute Energy’s proposals, we have been pleased
to contribute both funding and volunteer effort to this informative
demonstration of the sheer size of the turbines. Seeing the full size
model displayed in the threatened landscape will be a powerful way to
help people visualise the impact”.

A Welsh version of this press release is available, and enquiries are welcomed.
Publicity posters, in English and Welsh (Below).