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Endangered species? Ecotricity flicks switch on new English onshore wind farm

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 08 December 2017 •
The 10MW Alveston wind farm in Gloucestershire | Credit: Ecotricity
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The 10MW Alveston wind farm in Gloucestershire | Credit: Ecotricity

Green energy firm's CEO warns new 7MW onshore wind farm could be England's last due to government's 'effective killing off' of such developments

Ecotricity has officially switched on its Alveston onshore wind farm in Gloucestershire, warning the 6.9MW project could be one of the last of its kind to be built in England. More than a decade in...

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