After more than 20 years of generating electricity, Wales' oldest wind farm, Rhyd-y-Groes on Anglesey, may be repowered.

Since it became operational in 1992, wind technology has come a long way and it's now possible to generate more energy from fewer turbines.

Owned by TGP Wind Limited, a joint venture between E.ON and Eurus Energy UK Ltd, the 24-turbine site near Amlwch, has a maximum power output of 7.2MW. It is anticipated that the current turbines could be replaced with up to 20 modern turbines, capable of producing up to 18MW of renewable energy.

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Paul Hunt, Consents Manager at E.ON, said: "While it's still early days we're hoping to replace the current turbines with modern turbines capable of producing more energy. We will be conducting formal studies and hope to be a position to submit our planning proposals by spring 2014.

"We're keen that the new proposed wind farm will play a positive role in the community and we'll be working with residents and community groups to establish a Community Benefits Fund to support local projects, decisions on how to best spend the fund would be made by local representatives."

(CD/JP)