Tory windfarm policy endangers cheap energy in UK, commission finds

Shell-sponsored group says wind is 'increasingly the cheapest form of electricity' and urges Tories to review ban on subsidised onshore windfarms

Conservative opposition to windfarms risks the UK missing out on one of the cheapest sources of electricity, according to the head of a Shell-funded industry group.

Adair Turner, chair of the Energy Transitions Commission, said wind and solar power costs had fallen dramatically globally and urged the government to rethink its ban on subsidised onshore windfarms.