Large onshore windfarm approved for Lincolnshire

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/feb/08/onshore-wind-farm-approved-lincolnshire

Ed Davey, the energy and climate change secretary, has given the green light to a huge windfarm right next door to the constituency of his turbine-phobic colleague, John Hayes.

Up to 22 turbines are to be erected at Heckington Fen in Lincolnshire, just north of Hayes' constituency, making it the fourth largest onshore windfarm in England, according to developer, Ecotricity.

Davey, a Lib Dem MP who has always been supportive of renewable energy, has consistently been embarrassed by Hayes, the new energy minister and Conservative MP for South Holland, and a growing anti-wind power movement in some parts of the coalition.

It is already difficult to win planning permission for onshore windfarms, particularly in Lincolnshire, where the Conservative-run county council has introduced tough hurdles for turbine schemes.

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1. Good site

Lincolnshire and East Anglia are generally flat and horrible.