A growing trend to increase UK's dependency
on wind energy has led to a precedent in terms of building turbines near
historic sites. The company Barnwell Manor Wind Energy wants to build four
400ft-high turbines on the grounds belonging to the Duke of Gloucester in
Northamptonshire, the site of a historic Elizabethan house. Ruling in favor of
the company could lead to hundreds of turbines being built around the country
near similar sites.
The case can be viewed as a probe for
actually how much protection does national heritage have against the industry.
The power company is represented by the Labour leader's wife and advised by
some well-known environmental lawyers. As of the end of March it seems that
both the High Court and the Court of Appeal have decided against the company,
to the relief of many environmental activists.
The fight being over for now, there will
probably not be many more cases like this one. Countering the tendency to cover
wide areas with wind farms are the economic advantages of going offshore due to
the coming wave of tax regulations, which could render onshore wind turbines
not viable economically. There were also many protests against the planned and
projected investments, with people fearing they would drastically alter the
traditional British landscape. One of the more vivid signs of protest being a
small blimp suspended at the approximate height of a turbine blade to visualize
the impact.
There was a widespread wave of concerns
among activists and ordinary people, that the courts might actually take the
side of the wind-power industry given its huge amount of pro-environmental
hype, but it seems the more conservative Britons - and one could argue there
are many of them among judges and lawyers - are serious about protecting their
heritage.
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