Source <br />Wind farms have slashed 'billions' from the value of rural homes, a secret Government report is expected to disclose. <br /><br />The Coalition is in conflict over the critical document on renewable energy because it could prove they damage countryside communities. <br /><br />Liberal Democrat ministers have been accused of trying to suppress the report, commissioned by Environment Secretary Owen Paterson, because it concentrates on 'ideology' not science, sources have said. <br /><br />Today more details of the document have emerged, and it is believed to reveal the impact wind farms have on rural house prices. <br /><br />Mr Paterson described wind farms as a ‘complete scam’ in June and is said to be furious at attempts to hold back his report. <br /><br />Consultants Frontier Economics were brought in to establish the loss to house prices caused by onshore wind. <br /><br />The work is part of a wider study into how renewables impact on the countryside and the rural economy. <br /><br />Glyn Davies, the Conservative MP for Montgomeryshire, told the Daily Telegraph: 'I’m expecting this report to find that house prices will be reduced over the country by a measure of billions. It is my view that any unbiased study will show that. What is absolutely crucial is that this report is allowed to come out.' <br />Liberal Democrat Energy Secretary Ed Davey has played down reports of a row with his Conservative Cabinet colleague in a letter to the Daily Telegraph. <br /><br />He said: 'My department is not blocking a DEFRA report on the impact of wind farms. <br /><br />'The Government is committed to moving to a secure, affordable, low carbon energy system, without excessively relying on any single technology. <br /><br />'So, this cross-government study will look at maximising the benefits and minimising the negative impacts of all technologies, including shale gas and nuclear.' <br />The report is a joint project between Mr Paterson's Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC). <br /><br />A DEFRA spokesman said: 'It is our role to rural-proof policy. We need to ensure that energy is generated in a way that is sustainable. Sustainability includes the economic as well as social and environmental impacts.' <br /><br />A Government spokeswoman said: 'We need to ensure that energy is generated in a way that is sustainable and understand the effects that different technologies have on the environment and on communities across the country... <br /><br />Read More: <br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2400717/Internal-Government-report-wind-farms-looking-turbines-hit-rural-house-prices.html <br />http://www.yelp.com/topic/san-diego-crown-capital-eco-management-carbon-trading-scam <br />http://occupywallst.org/forum/carbon-trading-scam-crown-capital-eco-management/
