EDF plan for tallest UK onshore wind turbines prompts outcry

Isle of Lewis residents protest against windfarm plan to raise turbine height to 200 metres

The first government-backed effort to revive onshore windfarms after ministers scrapped public subsidies for the technology has run into opposition in the western isles of Scotland.

EDF Energy has said its plans for two major windfarms on the Isle of Lewis may need to reach heights normally the preserve of turbines at sea, prompting an outcry from residents.