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> In 2020, the Boris Johnson-led government decided to permit onshore wind power, and since December 2021 onshore wind developers have been able to compete in s

• swores 2y ago
  Adding my reply that explains why your claim that there hasn't been a ban since 2021 is only technically correct while actually misleading as to the real effects (to this comment that's in a more prominent thread). Pasting from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41444838 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41444838 : Yes, there hasn't technically been a universal ban since a few years ago, but until this year legislation basically allowed NIMBY's to veto any new onshore wind farms with no way for local authorities to force approval through, which is why less than ten new onshore wind projects were approved England in 2021-23 compared to hundreds in Scotland. So sure, not officially a ban but it was effectively a ban. And that's what the new government have fixed: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/policy-statement-on-onshore-wind/policy-statement-on-onshore-wind https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/policy-statement-...