Documents
The media release from the Minister of Planning, Victoria, denying the permit for the Yaloak Wind Farm because of the unacceptable risk to the Wedge-tailed eagle.
Yeo: Conservative Action for a Greener Britain- Speech to the Centre for Policy Studies
December 7, 2004
by Tim Yeo, Conservative MP for Suffolk South
Instead, the Government insist that onshore wind farms are the answer to meeting both our energy needs and our carbon dioxide emission targets, despite the fact that:
• wind farms only generate energy when the wind is blowing, and then not too hard
• they can't store energy, but only pass it on for immediate use,
• they are sometimes opposed by local communities for sound environmental and economic reasons, and
• they can only make a tiny contribution to achieving our renewables target .