"SAY No To Turbines At Hilton". Those are the first words that greet visitors to the village near Yarm which is the proposed site of a controversial wind farm. ...Chatting to locals, some are angry, some are ambivalent, some are disappointed. But the residents are united by the common theme of being against the turbines - however their objections are manifested.

A council has defended its decision to use £30,000 of taxpayers money to fight a controversial wind farm. Derbyshire Dales District Council has agreed to release the money to go towards the cost of a public inquiry into the Matlock Moor development. Council leader Lewis Rose said the cash will be used for legal fees to put forward its case against West Coast Energy's plans to erect five 125-metre high turbines.

Campaigners fighting plans for a windfarm at Hampole were today planning to tell Doncaster councillors it was not just nearby residents who opposed the scheme. HALT - Hampole Against Large Turbines - were addressing a specially-called technical meeting for members of the council's planning committee. The protesters said hundreds of visitors to nearby Brodsworth Hall had also signed letters protesting against the plans.

A giant wind farm with 21 of the UK's largest inshore wind generators is being proposed in Frodsham. The renewable energy generators will stand 410ft high, 100ft taller than Big Ben, and would even dwarf the Fiddlers Ferry Cooling Tower. ...Peel Energy senior development manager Richard Dibley, who made a presentation about the site, said Peel would be starting a round of community meetings and they had already consulted organisations such as the RSPB about the internationally significant wetlands and the bird life it supports.

Cornwall Council's planning officers have urged members of the strategic planning committee to reject the plan for 20 turbines at Davidstow when they meet to determine the application by Community Wind Power on Tuesday night. ..."It will be a great relief when the application is put to rest, and we hope the company will accept that they have misjudged not only the location of the wind farm, but underestimated the population's ability to see through the propaganda.

Residents in a south Wales valley say they plan to fight an appeal to build a wind farm. Developers have lodged the appeal to build four wind turbines on a Blaenau Gwent mountain, following a decision to unanimously reject the application. Campaigners say Blaenau Gwent mountain has a history of landslides and they are worried over safety and impact.

Strong emotions were on show at a meeting to discuss two potential wind farm sites in south Norfolk. More than 120 people packed into Dicklebugh Village Centre on Wednesday to listen to speakers and raise queries they had about the proposals. Planning permission has been granted to TCI Renewables and Enertrag UK for wind measuring masts at sites between Dickleburgh, the Pulhams and Rushall and another at Tivetshall St Mary.

From repeated attacks by English warriors to annual invasions of daytrippers, the Mont-St-Michel has faced many a threat in its history. But locals and activists claim the majestic site is now on the verge of suffering one of the worst indignities yet: a host of towering wind turbines which critics say will ruin the magnificent panorama and "massacre" the landscape of the windswept Normandy coast.

Holderness residents opposing wind farms in the area have been dealt another blow with news that a nine-turbine development will go to appeal. The wind farm proposed for Sunderland Farm was rejected by councillors in August even though officers recommended approval. Applicant Renewable Energy Systems (RES) is to take its application to a Government-appointed planning inspector who has the authority to overturn the decision.

Britain's only listed wind turbine manufacturer today revealed it could be taken over by the end of the year. ..."Based on transaction size and structure, the new capital provider could range from owning a substantial minority position to acquiring the entire company.

The latest high-profile battle between wind farm developers and East Riding Council will begin tomorrow. A public inquiry will take place after energy giant Eon launched an appeal challenging the decision by councillors to throw out plans for the controversial Tedder Hill development at Roos, near Withernsea.

Giant electricity generator npower renewables is set to let a Government planning inspector decide whether a wind farm of eight 400-feet high turbines should be allowed to dominate the south Huntingdonshire landscape. Planners at Huntingdonshire District Council asked the company last December to withdraw the proposal and come back with a scaled-down plan. But the subsidiary of multi-national power giant RWE has refused.

The Queen's property manager, the Crown Estate, will next week update the industry on the auction of offshore windpower rights that could generate billions of pounds for the Crown from up to 7,000 turbines around the coast. For months the Crown Estate has been negotiating with dozens of companies for 20-year leases to operate wind turbines in nine areas.

A handful of US infrastructure funds are understood to be in the final shake-out to buy wind farm assets being sold by SWS, the Cork-based energy and business services group. The potential suitors are vying to acquire SWS's 180 megawatts of operating wind farm assets around the island of Ireland. Bidding for these assets is believed to be running north of €400m, including the assumption of debt attached to the projects.

This week, Mrs Eyre reflected on how life has changed on the slopes of Toddleburn. "It is truly tragic that we are being driven from an area we have loved for its natural beauty and from a community we have supported through school, church, toddlers group and the WRI. "Notwithstanding the enormous visual impact, for the past 18 months our peaceful existence has been shattered by living on the path of the construction of the Toddleburn wind farm.

A controversial windfarm plan for Orby Marsh looks set to be back on the agenda as farmer Mark Caudwell begins proceedings for a third time. Mr Caudwell first submitted plans to build a 20-turbine onshore windfarm in 2003, but it was rejected at a public inquiry because of fears it would 'urbanise' the landscape.

Keadby wind farm developers Renewable Energy Solutions (RES) have vowed to fight for a place to route their controversial turbine traffic by promoting two public exhibitions. RES had their original plans to route traffic through Ealand, Eastoft and Swinefleet rejected by North Lincolnshire Council in July, after a wave of opposition from residents.

A controversial windfarm which has hung over a fenland community for over three years appears to have blown away after developers opted to withdraw the proposal. The decision by Scottish Power Renewables came late last week having already cancelled an informal meeting with planners to present their case alongside objectors. Members of South Kesteven District Council's development control committee were to hear presentations for and against from both sides involved.

The fight is on for villagers opposed to eight massive wind turbines which it is suggested could be built near their homes. On Friday almost 100 people attended the first public meeting held by Save Berkeley Vale (SBV) in Stinchcombe near Dursley, to hear rallying calls to fend off plans for the 120-metre-high turbines.

Planning officers at two district councils have recommended that a controversial application for a wind farm on the edge of the Peak District should not be given the go-ahead. Already, almost 1,500 individuals and numerous organisations have submitted representations to North East Derbyshire and Derbyshire Dales district councils regarding the application for five 126m-tall wind turbines on Matlock Moor.