HEXHAM Tory MP Guy Opperman last night called on Northumberland County Council to produce a wind farm policy that will firmly clarify its future strategy.Read
SOME of the biggest and most powerful onshore wind turbines built in the UK so far are being lined up for the Northumberland coastline in a project to re-power one of the country’s oldest wind farms.Read
WIND farms and solar energy have “no prospect” of becoming economically competitive and will do little to reduce carbon emissions, a damning report claims today.Read
PEOPLE in Northumberland should be offered part-ownership of wind farms planned near their communities in a bid to overcome the widespread public hostility to the schemes, it has been claimed.Read
A HAMLET has emerged as the latest location to be earmarked for giant wind turbines as developers continue to lay siege to countryside surrounding a Northumberland market town.Read
A GREEN energy company has lodged a formal bid to build giant wind turbines in an area previously dug up by opencast mining and used as a burial site for slaughtered farm animals.Read
FEARS were voiced last night that more swathes of moorland and countryside will come under pressure from wind farm developers following a potential solution to military objections to turbines.Read
CAMPAIGNERS spoke of their delight yesterday after a bid to erect four massive wind turbines near their rural Northumberland homes was rejected – against the advice of planning experts.Read
