All wind farms articles
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NewsSunak finally eases planning rules to allow more onshore wind
Communities which support wind farms could be given up to 50% off their energy bills
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NewsGovernment set to scrap onshore wind ban after second Tory revolt
Backbenchers force Sunak鈥檚 hand following broken promise to relax rules by last April
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CommentA new dawn for onshore wind?
After some policy zig zags, the government is moving towards a commitment to wind farms on land, not just sea
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CommentAccelerated approval for wind farms
To help meet government energy targets, planning hurdles for wind farms have been lowered. But will it work?
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NewsIndustry leaders attack lack of retrofit focus in 鈥榮upply-side鈥� energy strategy
Proposals to improve low-carbon supply do nothing to tackle rising enery costs or inefficiency in current stock, critics say
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NewsSeven new nuclear plants and offshore wind expansion expected in energy strategy
But ambitious targets planned for onshore wind could be dropped
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NewsMurphy wins cabling job for giant offshore wind project
Firm to design and build two 7km cable ducts for Dogger Bank wind farms
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CommentWill onshore wind stage a comeback?
Signs are emerging of a thaw in the government鈥檚 attitude to onshore wind, writes Angus Walker
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NewsFriends of the Earth considers legal challenge over NPPF
The environmental group聽claims ministers failed to carry out a strategic environmental assessment on its new planning rules
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Comment
The government's greenprint
Or, at least that was the case until last week, when it published its carbon transition plan: practical proposals to make just about everything more energy-efficient. The aim is to reduce carbon emission in 2020 to 34% of their level in 1990.The plan should be broadly welcomed, largely because it ...