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Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour) on Thursday, 4 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 March 2010. It was answered by David Kidney (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 March 2010 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.


Wind Power

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many wind farms there are in each county in England.
Answer

There are a total of 128 wind farms in England spread over the following counties.

County Wind farms
Buckinghamshire 1
Cambridgeshire 10
City of Bristol 1
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 13
Cumbria 15
Derbyshire 1
Devon 3
Durham 14
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 2
Greater London 1
Kent 1
Lancashire 5
Lincolnshire 13
London 1
Merseyside 3
Norfolk 5
Northamptonshire 1
Northumberland 3
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 1
Berkshire 1
Shropshire 1
Somerset 2
Staffordshire 1
Suffolk 2
Tyne and Wear 3
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 18

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
508 c330-1W; 321369
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Wind power
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk