> UK has a lot of onshore wind energy potential that was banned from development to placate the shires. That ban is no more.
there hasn't been a ban since 2021:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/biggest-ever-renewable-en...
there hasn't been a ban since 2021:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/biggest-ever-renewable-en...
Onshore wind was technically allowed but in practice the rules were so restrictive that it was very difficult to get any projects approved. So yes technically not a ban, but it was a de facto ban. https://fullfact.org/live/2024/jul/onshore-wind-ban/