The Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) has acquired the former Aberthaw Power Station in the Vale of Glamorgan with plans to transform it into a new renewable energy hub with the potential to create thousands of new jobs.
The city region, made up of the 10 local authorities of South East Wales, has bought the decommissioned power station and nearly 500 acres of land, from energy giant RWE in a £8m deal. Funded by the CCR’s £1.2bn City Deal, it has committed a further £28.4m to demolish the power plant and fund remediation and redevelopment work.
A proposed masterplan for the site, which could several a number of years to deliver on, sees it providing:
