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. The site's owner Western Solar still hopes to double its size. It is run by Dr Glen Peters who owns Rhosygilwen mansion and art centre with his family. He said: "There are 10,000 panels here. They are very cutting edge from the States. "They are thin film, particularly suited to our climate here of largely cloudy skies." He has planning consent for a development twice the size but had to rethink his plans. Read More Here
