Use England’s plentiful brownfield sites for windfarms, urge scientists

Experts cite Scottish example, with turbines along roads and rail lines, as a way to make better use of cheap, clean' energy source

Onshore windfarms need not blight the most beautiful parts of England because there is plenty of room for them next to rail lines and on brownfield land, leading scientists have said.

The government decided to keep the curbs on onshore wind, introduced by David Cameron, in the recent energy strategy. This means that it will be difficult to expand onshore wind in England.