The original content of this post has been reworked as an article - please see what a waste.

The government has given permission for a very large gas powered electricity generating power station to go ahead according to the BBC news website.

Unfortunately they have decided yet again not to utilise the waste heat from the power station which could amount up to the equivalent amount of electrical energy used by the whole of Wales!

Our article gives more of the background and discusses some of the pros and cons.