Investing in homegrown energy to grow the economy, create jobs, boost skills, and strengthen its energy independence will make Britain a clean energy superpower.

This was the message following a meeting between Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and the Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan.

Visiting a wind farm in West Wales which benefitted from Welsh Government funding, the Prime Minister and First Minister pledged close cooperation to unleash the benefits of a publicly owned energy company, in the pair’s first official visit since the appointment of the First Minister. 

Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru – a company owned by the Welsh Government – was built from scratch in just 12 months and is already boosting Wales’s green economy and setting the UK on course for energy security, as the company strives to produce 1 GW of clean energy by 2040 – enough to power up to a million homes in Wales.

The Welsh Government is also working with The Crown Estate to unlock 1,000 km2 of seabed. This will create brand new windfarms that have the capacity to produce up to 4.5 gigawatts of renewable electricity. The Crown Estate estimates this could generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of every home in Wales three times over.

First Minister of Wales, Eluned Morgan, said:  Our publicly-owned renewable energy developer, Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru, is a long-term sustainable investment that puts net zero and the communities of Wales at the heart of the energy transition.

“We are taking positive action to ensure we deliver on our environmental commitments, and harvesting our wind and using it to produce power offers us, and the people of Wales, the ability to own the returns on what will be a significant investment.”