The siting of on-shore wind farms is an issue in the Corby election, with critics unhappy at recent decisions by the Planning Inspectorate to approve projects in Northamptonshire.

BBC: UK Politics

But I do think there are parts of the country that are more welcoming than others for on-shore wind and I think they should get the benefit from that.

BBC: Ed Davey

It comes as Energy Minister John Hayes repeated his view that there may be no need for more new applications for on-shore wind farms, once existing targets are met.

BBC: UK Politics

But he insisted the UK was on target to meet the expectation - set out in its renewable "roadmap" - of the scale of on-shore wind's contribution to UK energy by 2020.

BBC: Ed Davey

Asked about the government's strategy, Mr Davey said on-shore wind farms with potential generating capacity of a seven gigawatts (GW) were currently seeking planning consent, in addition to eleven gigawatts of plant either already built or approved.

BBC: Ed Davey

The tide has changed and a south wind forces me to land this particular day on the shore near the Tomales Bay Oyster Company, which sits across the water from Inverness.

NPR: Environmentalist John Francis, Walking the Walk

He realized that nearly 50 people were on the ice that had become separated from the shore and being blown out to sea by the prevailing wind.

CNN: More than 220 rescued from ice floes off Latvian coast