Dale Vince, Ecotricity founder, accuses UK communities secretary Eric Pickles of blocking projects, and changing the rules every few months in terms of planning, environmental assessments and financial support.

Vince, who owns 17 onshore wind farms across the UK with a total capacity of 70MW , says he will not be applying to build any more wind farms in England because he doesn’t want to waste millions of pounds on projects that will be rejected.

“Unless