Scout Moor wind farm has dominated the skyline north of Manchester for two decades, now there is a plan to build 17 bigger, more powerful wind turbines on the cards.

These new renewable energy generators would be up to 180m tall and far more powerful than the current turbines on Scout Moor, potentially making it the largest onshore wind farm in England. This plan has been scaled back from the 21 turbines originally put forward by renewable energy developer Cubico Sustainable Investments, but it would still be capable of generating 100MW of clean electricity, powering around 100,000 homes per year.

Scout Moor II would be run separately to the neighbouring 26-turbine wind farm on the moorland between Rochdale , Edenfield, and Rawtenstall.

Plans for the expansion have been tabled a few

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