RenewableUK Cymru and Net Zero Industry Wales have released a ‘Wales clean growth map’, highlighting a £9bn investment opportunity for the Welsh economy from renewable energy projects and low-carbon industries across the country.

The map will help legislators, policymakers, and investors visualise the full-scale and strategic alignment of Wales’ clean energy pipeline and industrial transition, and to spotlight the transformational potential for jobs, infrastructure, and regional economies.

Critical infrastructure upgrades can also be seen on the map, including grid reinforcements to boost connectivity in Mid Wales and create a North–South transmission spine, alongside current and new interconnectors with Ireland and Scotland.

Rather cleverly the map also shows the constituency-level impact, overlaying the 16 new ‘super constituencies’ which will be contested in the 2026 Senedd election. Candidates can therefore publicly back clean energy projects and their benefits within their prospective areas, or not.

By scaling up renewable energy deployment in Wales, the map estimates that clean energy could add £6.9bn into the Welsh economy over the next decade through job creation, increased tax revenue, and growth in local supply chains, whilst £2.1bn could be saved by avoiding further deindustrialisation through investment in low-carbon technologies and infrastructure.

Ben Burggraaf, CEO of Net Zero Industry Wales, said: “At its core, this map sends a powerful message: Wales is not just home to individual projects, it is building a connected, investable clean energy and industrial system using technologies including hydrogen production, carbon capture and storage, low-carbon fuels, battery storage, offshore and onshore wind, solar and tidal energy.”

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