England's onshore windfarm planning unworkable

[dan_b]

https://renews.biz/92398/new-english-on ... nworkable/

"The government claims to have lifted the ban on new onshore wind in England, but six months later it’s clear that they’ve done no such thing.

"Not a single new project has come forward as a result of the minor tweaks made to a planning system which remains rigged against this clean, cheap and popular source of energy."

[smegal]

I'm not sure if 6 months is long enough to judge as these projects take a while to get going. An EIA scoping report takes months to produce, you wouldn't do that before you've identified a site, got landowner on board and done some basic constraints analysis. Including a met mast (which needs its own planning app).

While far from ideal, I think it's too soon to know whether onshore wind is completely dead in England, or just dormant.

Also, this is in England.

https://calderdalewind.co.uk/