Former Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price has called on the Welsh Government to make underground cabling the default method for linking new renewable energy schemes to the national grid.

Mr Price’s call follows an announcement that a subsidiary of Bute Energy wants to build a network of pylons across Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire.

The group is already facing opposition from campaigners in Powys, who say beautiful landscapes in mid Wales face destruction by proposals to build wind farms and pylons.