Petition · past parliament
Revoke the effective ban on Onshore Wind Turbines
Closed
106 signatures
What the petition asks
The U.K. has en ecological debt day of the 30th April: the day on which the entire sustainable limit of resources for an entire year have been consumed. The current planning constraints on wind turbines prevent renewable power generation that could greatly contribute to increasing our sustainability
Although intermittent, wind power could contribute massively to the grid - with a single turbine generating power for 1500 homes. 76% of the population are not against turbines - so why are they being blocked? Concerns over bird deaths are disproportionate since over 160,000 turbines would be needed to kill the name number as domestic cats annually (RSPB data). In context, this number of turbines would produce 14 times the amount of energy needed by the U.K. every year: over 490GW of energy.
Timeline
| 21 Feb 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 21 Aug 2019 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
106
Status
Closed
Opened
21 Feb 2019
Closed
21 Aug 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.