Selby District Council granted planning on Wednesday 10th October for permission for Rusholme windfarm, in a decision which will provide clean energy to almost 15,000 homes.

The Council received over 1,200 letters of support for the windfarm, which will be built in the shadow of the notorious Drax power station, the largest single contributor to global warming gases in the UK.

Applauding the decision, Richard Claxton, local Greenpeace campaigner said:

"This is an iconic decision. Here, in the shadow of Drax power station, Selby District Council is turning its back on dirty energy and taking a bold step into the clean energy future we so desperately need.

"Wind power is a vital part of the solution to the climate chaos which is killing 150,000 people a year. Not only is it clean, cheap, safe and reliable – it’s popular, too."

The twelve turbines at Rusholme will have a combined production capacity of 24MW, which will power around 14,500 homes and prevent about 68,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere every year.

The image above shows a computer generated image of what the wind farm will look like. More information about the project can be found on the developer's site at www.windprospect.com.