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Giant wind turbines taller than London's Gherkin are to be built in the British countryside after Ed Miliband rejected calls to impose height restrictions.
The energy secretary's decision means turbines up to 850ft high can be built on hills and fields, well above London's 591ft skyscrapers.
Miliband lifts the previous government's ban on all onshore wind power in rural Britain and announces plans to give himself the final say on applications Trying to achieve net zero goals.
A U.S. Department of Energy spokesman also made clear last week that there would be no height restrictions on new turbines, opening the way for larger models being developed by China and other manufacturers. Will be established across the UK.
“There are no national restrictions on turbine height in the UK,” he said.
“Landscape and visual impacts must be measured and considered,” the spokesman added.
This comes after the next generation model received its first approvals in Scotland, where neither Scotland nor Wales had ever had the Tory building ban apply.
OnPath (formerly known as Banks Renewables) has been given permission to install 10 machines up to 823ft tall at New Cumnock, East Ayrshire, despite opposition from locals and the Scottish Anti-Spin (SAS) group, which has called for height restrictions.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/08/11/no-height-limit-850ft-giant-onshore-turbines-england
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