AN APPLICATION to build a 200-turbine wind farm off Llandudno will be submitted in the coming weeks. And developer npower renewables is holding a series of public exhibitions aimed at showing people how the project, which aims to create 120 jobs, will look. However, opponents of the scheme say photographs produced by the company to support its case do not give a true representation of the likely visual impact of the turbines. "The pictures don't represent the high visibility of these turbines, each higher than Blackpool Tower when viewed from Llandudno, Colwyn Bay or Abergele," said John Lawson Reay, chairman of the protest group Save Our Scenery (SOS). SOS claims turbines will have an adverse impact on tourism while being an inefficient source of alternative energy. But he did welcome the fact that in this round of public consultation, the company is holding exhibitions in both Llandudno and Colwyn Bay, as well as in Rhyl, and Hoylake on the Wirral. "They've not held one in Colwyn Bay previously and we think this has been an anomaly as these turbines are going to impact heavily on the views out to sea from that area," said Mr Lawson Reay. "I hope this will alert people as to what they could find themselves confronted with." But npower says every effort has been made to consult the public about proposals, and believes the wind farm will have minimal visual or noise impact, while generating enough power to supply 500,000 homes every year. Georgia Markwell, the company's manager for the Gwynt y Môr project, said: "npower renewables is committed to making sure local people are kept up to date with the progress of our projects, and this is why we have decided to hold another series of exhibitions for Gwynt y Môr following on from those we hosted locally last autumn." * Exhibitions will be held at the St George's Hotel, Llandudno, from 10am to 4pm on November 20, and at Llandrillo College, Rhos-on-Sea, from 10am to 4pm on November 29. | 
