The proposed Hope Moor Wind Farm in the Yorkshire Dales faces opposition from the Duke of Norfolk and local action groups. Critics argue that constructing 23 large turbines on peat moorland could release more stored carbon into the atmosphere than the project would save through renewable energy generation. Developer Fred. Olsen Renewables maintains that the project will power 135,000 homes and that early surveys show shallow peat levels. The company plans to provide a detailed carbon balance assessment to prove the project's net benefit to the climate.
