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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lucy Skoulding

Households could pay £800m more for energy this winter because of onshore wind farm ban

PA Wire

Government polices that halted the roll-out of onshore wind power could be adding close to a billion pounds to energy bills this winter, new analysis suggests.

Without a 2016 decision to effectively ban the construction of onshore wind in most parts of England, developers could have built enough turbines to generate around 2.5 terawatt hours of energy - enough to power 1.5 million homes through the winter, it is claimed.

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