Mynydd Gorddu Wind Farm [SN731 880]

During the 1990s nineteen wind turbines were erected on the uplands between Bont-goch and Tal-y-bont to produce renewable energy. The late Dr Dafydd Huws, Mynydd Gorddu farm, initiated this scheme and despite the opposition of some residents the wind farm is now part of the area’s landscape. Societies and organisations in the surrounding area benefit financially from the development through a community fund (Cronfa Eleri) which distributes grants annually towards projects