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When it comes to wind power, the Government evidently hopes that out of sight means out of mind. Subsidies for the onshore turbines that many regard as a blot on the landscape are to be reduced, while those for offshore Read more

WITH Centrica threatening to pull the plug on a £2bn offshore wind farm if the government did not increase already exorbitant subsidies, ministers agreed to do just that. Yesterday, they announced they would slow the planned reduction in the guaranteed Read more

Ministers are hoping to halt the creep of wind farms across the countryside by offering larger cash incentives to build them at sea. George Osborne has secured a 5 per cent cut in wind power subsidies amid increasing concerns about Read more

Proposals to erect a number of wind turbines at Fife Council-owned sites have been delayed to allow time to consult with local communities. Councillors have also demanded more information about how sites were chosen for potential development. Consultants Phenix Renewable Read more

Wind farm developers will abandon several smaller schemes as a result of cuts announced yesterday to the subsidies for onshore turbines, according to the wind industry trade body. Renewable UK said that “the politics” surrounding turbines was undermining investor confidence. Read more

By Pilita Clark, Jim Pickard and Gill Plimmer A renewable energy company warns that it will cancel some onshore wind farms because of subsidy cuts, even as ministers vow to put infrastructure at the heart of economic plans. “It is Read more

A BID by American tycoon Donald Trump to argue against the Scottish Government in a major wind farm project on Shetland was rejected by civil appeal judges yesterday. Mr Trump has already gone to court to challenge plans for an Read more