The report, published last week by the Renewable Energy Foundation (REF), a think tank that has
campaigned against wind farms, will give ammunition to sceptics, especially within the Conservative Party, who believe the cost of subsidies to the wind industry is far too high and that the growing number of turbines are blighting the countryside.
Meanwhile in Scotland's border country, David Bellamy, a broadcaster on wildlife, has joined
the campaign against a wind farm in the rugged Lammermuir Hills.
Not exact matches
The Tories» energy minister was the subject of a furious briefing
campaign today, after he came out
against the construction of further
wind farms.
May also criticised green groups who
campaign against initiatives such as
wind farms and the Severn tidal barrage scheme, while also proclaiming the need to tackle climate change.
Cameron McNeish, a hill walker and TV presenter who lives in the Monadhliath,
campaigned for almost a decade
against the Dunmaglass
wind farm before the Scottish government gave the go - ahead in December.
Others who are prominent in the
campaign against wind power live nowhere near a
wind farm or a proposed
wind farm.