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Far from being “free”, wind is one of the most expensive ways of generating electricity yet devised. Without an almost 100 per cent subsidy, unwittingly paid by all of us through our electricity bills, no one would dream of building giant wind turbines in Britain, because their cost is not remotely competitive.

Christopher Booker, Daily Telegraph, Sept. 2008

 

Alternatives

The number of British homes producing their own clean energy could multiply to one million – about one in every three - within 12 years.

 
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Impact on the Rural Economy PDF E-mail

Researched and written by Candida Whitmill and published in February 2006, for, and on behalf of, the Small Business Council, "UK Energy Policy: The Small Business Perspective & The Impact on the Rural Economy", examines the potential detrimental impact industrial scale wind farms could have on small businesses located close to them.

 
House Prices PDF E-mail

Estate agents throughout the UK are increasingly devaluing properties located close to wind turbines. Local councils are also citing wind farms as a reason to reduce Council Tax, a property value related tax.
Click the icon below to read actual correspondence from estate agents on properties that have been (or could be) affected by wind farms.

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Click here to find out how close your property could be to the turbines.

 

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