These enormous wind turbine projects would damage Wales – and all to supply the rest of the UK with energy | Simon Jenkins

Labour’s deals with private companies will ride roughshod over a wilderness so remote there are no people to defend it

Yes, the world is getting hotter, and yes, Britain should produce more renewable energy. But what should be the price of that principle?

The Cambrian mountains in mid-Wales are the national park that never was. In the 1950s, when the official designations were declared, Wales was awarded Snowdonia, the Pembrokeshire coast and the Brecon Beacons. The Cambrians were larger and grander than the Beacons, but less accessible and therefore less important. Three parks were thought enough for Wales.

Simon Jenkins is a Guardian columnist