North Carolina-based Duke, the largest electricity company in the US and a top 10 wind operator, last year mooted the idea of a wind farm as large as 150MW in northeastern Kentucky, centered on Mason county.

But it has emerged that Duke has sent a letter to local officials confirming its “intent to discontinue” the tentatively-named Flemingsburg wind project, which had raised the ire of many in the affected communities, according to local press reports.

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