If Britain is to meet the new renewable-energy target announced earlier this month then nearly 10,000 wind turbines will be installed on land and sea by 2020.  Please check back for updates on a regular basis as we will continue to monitor the debate and add some of the more interesting articles that have appeared in both the local and national press.

New Articles 

• ** Deeping St Nicholas wind farm ruling a costly blow
• **Turbine woe couple in council tax victory
• **Homeowners living near windfarms see property values plummet
• Villagers say no to wind turbines
• Grantham Journal - Wind Farm Developer Criticised Over Lack of Communication
• Business Week - The dangers of Wind Power
• Horncastle News (31/01/08) - Beware of windfarm vibrations

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Grantham Journal

These articles in particular are following the activities of BLOT an action group that has been setup to fight a wind farm that has been proposed for the Vale of Belvoir.  A formal planning application has been submitted by Infinergy and we would strongly urge you to follow the outcome of this application by visiting the BLOT website.  Over 1000 letters of objection have been submitted to SKDC.

• Anti-wind farm protestors fly blimp over site
• For - The case for windfarms
• AGAINST - The Case Against Windfarms
• Villagers say no to windfarm 
• Why build a wind farm when there won't be enough wind 

The Grantham Journal has a Windfarm Debate area set-up on their website where they are following the progress of wind farm development in the area. Follow this link to view all articles todate:

• Windfarm Debate

Spalding Today

These articles will help you better understand the issues surrounding the noise created by the turbines sited at Deeping St Nicholas.  Mr & Mrs Davis, one of the families who have been adversely affected, have very kindly offered to come and give a talk to our community so please do check the News and Events section of this site for dates. 

• Family abandon their home near wind turbines
• Couple to fight on over wind turbine noise 
• Turbine tremors under the ground

• Turbines are behemoths not gentle giants

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The Telegraph

• Wind turbines are ruining our quality of our life
• Wind farms are failing to generate the predicted amount of electricity
• Giant blades are slicing prices
• My property nightmare: wind farm

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The Times

• Wind farms turn huge profit with help of subsidies
• Wind farms may not be the answer
• EU targets could force Britain to build thousands of turbines
• Land of pointless propellers