Wind farms could be curbed by government
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The government looks set to stop new wind farms after Energy Minister John Hayes was quoted by two newspapers stating that the UK had enough of them.
The Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph both carry interviews in which he says “enough is enough” and that the country is “peppered” by the farms.
They say he has now ordered a new analysis of the case for wind farms and their effect on local communities.
The government said it was committed to renewables as one part of its strategy.
Mr Hayes said he did not like onshore wind turbines before he was appointed to the role last month, describing turbines as a “terrible intrusion”.
He is now reported as saying there are sufficient wind turbines already in the planning system to meet the government’s aims and declares he cannot “build a new Jerusalem” but can “protect our green and pleasant land”.
The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is already running a consultation on wind farms, but Mr Hayes suggested there will be reviews commissioned into the noise that turbines create and their relationship with the landscape.
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2012-10-31 10:42:59
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