THE PRESS OFFICE OF
The Lord Stoddart of Swindon 

In a written response to a question raised in the House of Lords by the independent Labour Peer, Lord Stoddart of Swindon, the Government has provided statistics which clearly show that the amount of power supplied by wind turbines during the extreme cold weather experienced in Britain in the early part of January 2010 was minimal.  During most of the period 1 - 15th January, the wind power system was providing less than 50% of its capacity and frequently lower than 30%.  On three days of the winter freeze it was providing 10% or less, with the lowest output at 5% on 7th January.  To put this in context, even with the wind system operating in normal weather conditions, it can only produce around 1% of the country's power requirement.

Article by MICHAEL BRITTON Chairman Darrington Parish Council Pontefract and Castleford Express pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk  30 November 2009

On October 28 the Darrington wind farm appeal process finally concluded.
After a long and somewhat draining 16 days, Mr Richards, the Pontefract Wind Farm Action Group's barrister, made his final submission.

He stated that after the original application had been unanimously rejected by Wakefield Council's planning department, the list of those opposed to the project had continued to grow.

No less than seven parish council have declared their opposition to the proposed development. West Park Residents Group was, like Pontefract Wind Farm Action Group, formed specifically to oppose the proposed development.