Friday, February 8, 2013

Britain's fourth largest wind farm gets go ahead amid strong local opposition

Telegraph: Proposals by green energy company Ecotricity for up to 22 windmills at Heckington Fen in Lincolnshire have been approved by the Secretary of State despite being objected to by the local council. Ecotricity said it spent four years researching, planning and consulting to gain approval for its largest wind park to date. The new site will produce enough green electricity each year to power almost 40,000 homes and will have a generating capacity above 50MW, it is said. The announcement comes...

URL: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/9858300/Britains-fourth-largest-wind-farm-gets-go-ahead-amid-strong-local-opposition.html
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