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RUKCymru @rukcymru.bsky.social · 5d

With the Senedd election just 7 months out, these kinds of discussions and honest and open debate are a positive sign, and we welcome the engagement 🤝

#Plaid #conference #Swansea

RUKCymru @rukcymru.bsky.social · 5d

Many thanks to Shadow Energy & Economy Secretary Luke Fletcher MS , Mark Hooper, Ynni Cymunedol Cymru | Community Energy Wales, Katy Woodington, RWE and Ben Burggraaf, Net Zero Industry Wales for the fringe session.

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RUKCymru @rukcymru.bsky.social · 5d

A strong ‘energy’ theme at this Autumn’s @plaidcymru.bsky.social conference in Swansea, and how we strike the right balance - delivering the clean power we need as a forward thinking nation, while capturing as many of the benefits here in Wales, along with the hearts and minds of our communities.

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David .G. Stewart @windpowerdave.bsky.social · 5d

Really glad we covered this session at @rukcymru.bsky.social's Future Energy Wales, the scale of misinformation about renewable energy and net zero is off the scale and getting worse 🤥

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RUKCymru @rukcymru.bsky.social · 8d

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RUKCymru @rukcymru.bsky.social · 8d

You can see all photos from the event with the Smugmug links below! 👇

📸 fotowales.smugmug.com/Future-Energ...

Thanks to our Event Partners and Sponsors for supporting vital conversations and action towards a greener energy future for Wales at Future Energy Wales 2025:

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RUKCymru @rukcymru.bsky.social · 8d

Diolch to the First Minister Eluned Morgan for attending and committing to the sector 🔋 👏

Diolch to all those that attender this year's conference, we hope to see you again back in Newport next year for Future Energy Wales 2026 📅

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RUKCymru @rukcymru.bsky.social · 8d

RUK Cymru Chair and Strategic Planning & Consents Director Bute Energy Ben Lewis-Hayes praised the First Minister's desire for the sector,while Abi Beck, Director of Strategic Communications, discussed RUK Cymru's approach to the upcoming election year 🗳️

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RUKCymru @rukcymru.bsky.social · 8d

Closing day two of Future Energy Wales 2025, @renewableuk.bsky.social Cymru Director Jessica Hooper Hooper looked forward to the pivotal months ahead for the sector 📅

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RenewableUK @renewableuk.bsky.social · 8d

👉 renewableuk.com/news-and-res...

#RUKFEW25 #wales #cymru #mythbusting #misinformation #renewableenergy #fakenews

Renewable energy explained

renewableuk.com

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RenewableUK @renewableuk.bsky.social · 8d

RenewableUK's Senior Communications and Campaigns Manager Sam Sheppard chaired our next session 𝐁7: 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 at @rukcymru.bsky.social Future Energy Wales in #Newport ❓

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RUKCymru @rukcymru.bsky.social · 8d

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RUKCymru @rukcymru.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks to our Event Partners and Sponsors for supporting vital conversations and action towards a greener energy future for Wales at Future Energy Wales 2025: Bute Energy | The Crown Estate | Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government

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RUKCymru @rukcymru.bsky.social · 8d

You can see the full programme and all photos from the event with the Smugmug links below, Diolch! 👇

📋 www.renewableuk.com/events/futur...

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Future Energy Wales 2025 - Fotowales

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fotowales.smugmug.com

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RUKCymru @rukcymru.bsky.social · 8d

𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 £47 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵.”

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RUKCymru @rukcymru.bsky.social · 8d

“𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴’ 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦.

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RUKCymru @rukcymru.bsky.social · 8d

Reflecting on the increase in resources and progress that had been made in planning since she came into post a year ago, Eulned referred to RenewableUK Cymru’s “𝐔𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬” report in light of the upcoming Welsh election, saying:

www.renewableuk.com/media/yhxj3n...

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RUKCymru @rukcymru.bsky.social · 8d

Wales’ First Minister Eluned Morgan opened day two of Future Energy Wales this morning alongside @renewableuk.bsky.social Cymru's Director Jessica Hooper reassuring the renewable energy sector that her government remained committed to clean growth and clean power.

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Michael Shanks MP @michaelshanksmp.co.uk · 9d

From its proud industrial heritage to leadership in clean energy, Wales has always been a crucial driver of innovation and economic growth.

Agreements today with Equinor & Gwynt Glas will deliver world-leading floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea.

www.thecrownestate.co.uk/news/next-mi...

Next milestone achieved for Round 5 in the Celtic Sea as Equinor and Gwynt Glas enter agreements for lease for floating wind farms

The Crown Estate is an independent commercial business, created by Act of Parliament. We invest in and manage some of the UK’s most important assets, aiming to create significant value beyond financia...

www.thecrownestate.co.uk

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RUKCymru @rukcymru.bsky.social · 9d

"𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯, 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘷𝘦𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.”

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RUKCymru @rukcymru.bsky.social · 9d

Cathy Owens summed up the mood of the renewables sector:

“𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘥, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘥, 𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦.

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RUKCymru @rukcymru.bsky.social · 9d

Joined by Peredur Owen Griffiths MS, Senedd Regional Member, Plaid Cymru, Anthony Slaughter, Wales, Leader, Green Party of England and Wales,
Cathy Owens, Director, Cavendish Cymru and Rebecca Evans MS, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning, Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government 🗣️

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RUKCymru @rukcymru.bsky.social · 9d

A thank you to the excellent Welsh political journalist Will Hayward for chairing our timely energy election session 𝐀2: 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲, 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥, discussing the impacts of the upcoming Senedd election on renewables.

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RenewableUK @renewableuk.bsky.social · 9d

#renewableenergy overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity in the first half of this year - a historic first, according to new data from the global energy think tank Ember from @bbcnews.bsky.social 📈 👏 ⚡

👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Michael Shanks MP @michaelshanksmp.co.uk · 9d

A historic shift and evidence of the global transition from fossil fuels to renewables.

While some in the UK want to take us backwards, to an outdated age, against the international trend - this government will power forward to our clean energy future.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.co.uk

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David .G. Stewart @windpowerdave.bsky.social · 9d

We are live at @rukcymru.bsky.social Future Energy Wales 2025 #RUKFEW25, launching the latest EnergyPulse report on the Welsh wind power pipeline 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 📈

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