At least one in six of the 255 wind farms in Britain have received noise complaints according to figures obtained by the Daily Telegraph. But local authorities have never managed to prosecute on the grounds of noise nuisance because it is so difficult to prove. The main problem is the intermittent nature of noise from wind farms that makes it difficult to measure.

Wind energy developer Enertrag hosted a public exhibition on Wednesday on its plans to build three 140m high turbines at Tivetshall St Mary. ...Enertrag said it was pleased with a turnout of about 80 local people and said they received a mix of views. Visitor and Tivetshall St Mary villager Ian Henson, who is a member of the Tivetshall Action Group, opposing the development, said: "I would still be concerned about the health issues, being so close to residential properties.

A campaign group's spending could top £100,000 after they announced they will go to the High Court to challenge the Bradwell wind farm development. Battle (Bradwell and Tillingham Tackling Lost Environment) have already fought two planning applications, two public inquiries and sought Judicial Review in a five-year fight against the wind farm.

The government's nuclear plans are opposed by some environmental groups as being too costly. But analysis by Parsons Brinckerhoff, a company backing plans for an offshore wind grid, estimates nuclear generation costs to be 6-8 pence per kilowatt hour (p/KWh), including decommissioning and waste disposal, compared to 15-21 p/KWh for offshore wind.

Some of the homes have developed cracks in the ceilings and walls Villagers in North Yorkshire claim trucks travelling past their homes to get to a construction site are causing structural damage to their properties. A wind farm is being built at Newland, Selby and vehicles have been accessing the site via a narrow lane.

The Chesterfield-based company forced a public inquiry after Cherwell councillors unanimously voted against plans to build a £10m wind farm on land at Willowbank Farm, just south of the M40, last April. And yesterday residents took turns to tell planning inspector John Watson why he should throw out the appeal.

Campaigners have called for a national debate about wind farms ahead of the General Election, during a conference in the North-East. Experts from a range of disciplines issued a number of warnings against wind farms at WindConf Conference 2010, which was held on Saturday. ...Dr Chris Hanning, a retired NHS sleep disorder specialist, said turbines should not be built within 2km of homes.

Campaigners fighting a windfarm proposal next to a County Durham hamlet are celebrating the prospect of the community being granted conservation area status next week. Durham County Councillors are being recommended to designate Bolam, near West Auckland, a conservation area.

The cottages around Askam wind farm occupy the perfect spot, looking out to sea over to the isle of Man and inland to the Lake District. The only problem is the noise. The seven turbines have sparked the most complaints about wind farms in the country. Residents complain of a noise like someone is "mixing cement in the sky" or a "clog is stuck in the tumble dryer" and they are not the only ones.

Scotland's much-vaunted network of wind turbines was barely producing enough electricity to boil 1,000 kettles at times this week. On occasions the total output was a meagre 3MW (megawatts) - the equivalent of a single turbine working at normal speed. The reason was simply a lack of wind, due to the massive area of high pressure sitting over much of Britain for the past few weeks.

Plans for three wind turbines which attracted hundreds of objections from local residents have been thrown out by the Scottish Government. Scotland's former "pig king", farmer Arthur Simmers, wanted to erect the 307ft turbines at Mains of Cairnbrogie at Udny, between Oldmeldrum and Pitmedden.

An elderly Golspie resident has vowed she will resort to "civil disobedience" to prevent Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) from transporting turbine parts for the Gordonbush wind farm on the A9 through Golspie and Brora. Eighty-year-old Valerie Scott, who is disabled and can only walk with the aid of an elbow brace, claims to have the support of at least another 28 activists.

Angry householders are demanding an explanation for what they claim is "appalling" treatment at the hands of developers building a 12-turbine wind farm at Newland. Work has been started on the site at Pease Farm and Rusholme Grange by developers Wind Prospect on behalf of the French power company EDF Energy Renewables.

Government rulings which turned down two rural wind farm developments could give planners in the region greater authority to refuse future inappropriate proposals. Officers at Northumberland County Council said the rejection of the schemes would have implications for future applications in the area.

People have been urged to come and make their own minds up about a mast at the site of a planned wind farm. Campaign group Save Berkeley Vale reckons the 70m-high test mast at Stinchcombe is a blot on the landscape - and is a prelude to a future where eight bigger turbines could go up.

Protest group Burton Against Turbines has continued its fight to uphold the council's refusal of North Lincolnshire's latest windfarm. As reported, renewable energy company RidgeWind is appealing against North Lincolnshire Council's decision to block plans for a seven-turbine windfarm at Flixborough Grange.

The Flixborough Grange wind farm inquiry has heard evidence from a dad who says turbines harm his autistic sons. Trevor Glathorne spent two hours giving his evidence to the Flixborough Grange inquiry at the Kingsway Centre. He said the Bagmoor Farm turbines had already had an unforeseen impact on his twin boys Lewis and Ross, both aged eight.

Government plans to generate one third of Britain's electricity from giant offshore wind parks by 2020 could be scrapped because of the vast costs involved, according to the head of Britain's biggest utility company, as well as a key investor. Sam Laidlaw, chief executive of Centrica, the owner of British Gas, said it was unclear whether the scheme to build an estimated 10,000 wind turbines across swaths of the North and Irish seas would ever go ahead.

A report commissioned by independent environmental body Natural England and entitled "Investigating the impacts of windfarm development on peatlands in England", has described how the construction, operation and decommissioning of a wind farm can erode peat, emitting the carbon dioxide stored within it or leading to "complete peat loss" in some areas.

Green bosses in the Tees Valley have questioned how a Tyneside scheme to build the world's biggest wind turbine blades was announced as the Corus blast furnace on Teesside was mothballed. US-based Clipper Windpower will build two blades a week, ramping up production to feed offshore windfarms including the massive Dogger Bank in the North Sea, and create a hub for the low-carbon industries in the region.