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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Richard Palmer

Prince William could overturn king’s windfarm ban as he orders renewable energy review for estate

Beautiful autumn colours over the rolling countryside of Dartmoor National Park
The Duchy’s biggest landholding is in Dartmoor National Park, where there would be strong opposition to turbines. Photograph: Adam Burton/Alamy

His father thinks windfarms are a blot on the landscape, once saying he feared Britain would end up like Denmark “knee deep in these damn things”. But now Prince William is considering overturning their effective ban on royal land.

The Prince of Wales has ordered a major review of renewable energy on his 130,000-acre Duchy of Cornwall estate, which is expected to change the face of his hereditary property empire stretching across 20 counties in England.

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