9. Mr. Gareth ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many licences for wind farms have been granted since 1997. [66376]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe Department does not maintain a register of all approved wind farm projects, and approval is usually a matter for local determination. From the information available to us, which may not be complete, we are aware of 67 locally-granted approvals for wind farms since 1997. In addition, approvals for two wind farms over 50MW declared net capacity have been given centrally in accordance with section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989.
§ 10. Tony CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many licences for wind farms have been granted in(a) Workington and (b) the United Kingdom. [66377]
§ Nigel GriffithsThe Department does not maintain a register of all approved wind farm projects, and approval is usually a matter for local determination. From the information available to us, which may not be complete, we are aware of four approvals for wind farms in or near Workington, and 129 for wind farms in the United Kingdom. The UK figure includes two approvals given by central Government, in accordance with section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989, for wind farms over 50MW declared net capacity.