2,000 more wind turbines in countryside (UK)

A massive expansion of wind power involving thousands of new turbines will go ahead despite increasingly bitter wrangling over claims that they are despoiling Britain’s countryside.

In his first speech since becoming energy minister, Malcolm Wicks, will offer unequivocal backing to the green lobby by insisting it is ‘vital’ the government rides out vocal opposition to windfarms and sticks with wind energy.