Kielder Wind Farm

EDM number 134 in 1994-95, proposed by Frank Cook on 28/11/1994.

That this House welcomes TriGen Windpower's proposals for a windfarm at Humble Hill, Kielder Forest, Northumberland, which offers significant economic benefits, namely its potential to establish the United Kingdom as a major manufacturer of wind turbine systems and to progress towards the convergence of the cost of wind energy and the cost of electricity generally, and regionally to create jobs in the construction and maintenance sectors; notes that the windfarm has as designed overcome potential visual problems, so that in the words of the Countryside Commission 'this development offers a favourable ratio between high output and moderate landscape impact'; observes that these economic and environmental benefits are in line with Government policy to encourage an internationally competitive British wind energy industry, help to restrain emissions of the global warming and acid rain pollutants and contribute to diverse, secure and sustainable energy supplies; and therefore urges the Department of Trade and Industry to support the Humble Hill windfarm project to the hilt.

This motion has been signed by a total of 20 MPs.