Wind farm plans which have lay dormant for six years are back on the table. RWE npower renewables has submitted a planning application for a 16 turbine wind farm at Goole Fields to East Riding of Yorkshire Council. The proposal, to be situated on intensively-farmed agricultural land south east of Goole, first came to light in 2003.

The Local Government Assocation's plans are part of a streamlining process for renewable energy schemes, but turbines still remain a contentious issue for locals

Plans for a wind farm in the Berkeley Vale have caused concern among residents in a nearby village. Stroud-based firm Ecotricity is hoping to build eight wind turbines on a plot of land next to the M5 motorway near Stinchcombe. The firm has put in an application to Stroud District Council, called a Scoping Survey, which asks the council to undertake an environmental impact study at the site.

Controversial windfarms could be forced on East Anglian communities under new government plans which would ride roughshod over local objections. Energy minister Ed Miliband, speaking ahead of the launch of tomorrow's Renewable Energy Strategy, said wind turbines had to go somewhere and it was the government's job to "persuade" opponents to accept them. ..."We understand the objections. They can be legitimate objections but we do have a job of persuading people that we have got to get renewable energy somewhere," he said.

A controversial decision to grant planning consent for a wind farm near Yarm has been put on hold by the Government. Government Office North East has been asked to take a fresh look at the application by Stockton MP Dari Taylor and could call the decision in. This could result in a public inquiry into the plans for three 125metre wind turbines to be built on land between Seamer and Hilton.

Protestors fighting proposals to site a new wind farm in North Devon are celebrating after plans to build 15 turbines were withdrawn. Scottish Power was looking to build the 410ft high turbines and substation in the Chilla Valley ...But the energy firm has now said the site is unsuitable.

A Longtown farm has been chosen as the site of a massive new wind-farm hosting Cumbria's tallest turbines - nearly three times as high as Carlisle's Civic Centre. ...But at 125m high, the six turbines which are at the heart of the proposal are already causing concern among some locals. Soaring 375ft into the air, the turbines would be visible for miles around, dwarfing most of the other wind turbines in the county.

A controversial wind farm near Yarm has been approved at the second time of asking. Stockton Council's planning committee gave the green light yesterday for three 125-metre wind turbines to be built on land between Seamer and Hilton.

Renewables trade body the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) said that offshore wind farm construction had gathered pace, matching that of onshore projects for the first time. "But this progress has been accompanied by a sharp increase in capital costs which is a concern for continuation of that success story.

BP has shut down its alternative energy headquarters in London, accepted the resignation of its clean energy boss and imposed budget cuts in moves likely to be seen by environmental critics as further signs of the oil group moving "back to petroleum". ...[Vivienne] Cox - BP's most senior female executive, who previously ran renewables as part of a larger gas and power division now dismantled by Hayward - is standing down tomorrow.

A Highland Perthshire community could be studded with wind farms following a surprise reversal by government ministers, a local councillor has claimed. A decision on plans for the 14-turbine Logiealmond wind farm was to have been determined in conjunction with the larger 27-turbine Calliacher wind farm application.

Breaches of health and safety regulations cost Vestas Blades nearly £500,000, a court was told. The Newport turbine blademaker, which is set to close, was fined a maximum £10,000 by Island magistrates and told to pay £25,000 of the Health and Safety Executive's costs.

Controversial plans for a wind farm to be built on Mynydd y Betws have finally been rubber-stamped after a public inquiry. The go-ahead was revealed to Carmarthenshire Council last week and the green light has prompted a mixed response from throughout the Amman Valley.

Protesters against wind farms in the Horncastle area have flown a blimp to show how high proposed turbines would be. BWAG (Baumber Windfarm Action Group), formed to fight against wind farms ruining the natural countryside, are opposing plans to build eight 125 metre-high turbines near Baumber.

of more than 30 action groups opposed to wind farm development in the British countryside was launched yesterday. The new organisation, the National Alliance of Wind Farm Action Groups (Nawag) aims to bring together community groups from England, Scotland and Wales that oppose the developments.

Approval for new wind farms could become even harder to obtain, following the launch today of a new national alliance of more than 30 anti-wind farm groups that is being headed by an influential lobbyist and senior executive at one of the UK's top PR firms. The National Alliance of Wind Farm Action Groups (NAWAG) has been launched with the goal of orchestrating a "grass-roots revolt" against "ruthless" wind farm developers, pledging to recruit as many as possible of the 200-plus anti-wind farm groups operating in the UK.

Cash-strapped campaigners are confident of stopping nine huge wind turbines being built in the Mid Devon countryside - as long as they can raise around £15,000 in the next six weeks. Objectors say the outcome of a public inquiry into the proposed 125m turbines earmarked for the Den Valley near Bow could affect the entire future of wind farms across the UK.

Locals have fought plans for a 13-turbine farm between the villages of Balsham and West Wratting for over two years. And South Cambridgeshire District Council rejected planning for the site in June 2007, because of the detrimental "visual impact on the landscape". Jacqui Burke of opposition group Stop Wadlow Wind Farm, said: "Riding is one of a number of rural pursuits which are vital to our local economy - along with hunting and shooting - that have not been considered by the developers.

Campaigners against a four-turbine wind farm near Brixworth were delighted to hear the extension of the runway more than five miles away at Sywell Aerodrome has led to the withdrawal of the plans.

On World Environment Day, North-East people are being urged to embrace a more environmentally caring culture, but amid growing support for the green lobby, there is widespread concern over wind farms and what some consider a blight on the landscape. Will Roberts reports.