[1] Recent reports show the windfarm is producing only 30.2% of the theoretical maximum amount of electricity claimed by then-operators Powergen in the planning application.

[2] E.ON, developer and owner, claims that the wind farm generated enough renewable electricity in 2005 to supply nearly 2,500 homes and avoided the emission of over 4,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

[3] The wind farm, which features seven turbines measuring 40 metres (131 ft) to the top of the tower, is not permanently staffed.

[6] Barrow Borough Council signed an agreement with the developer, imposing a range of planning conditions on the turbines already built.

Disappointed by this decision, six members of the group went ahead with a private prosecution against the owners and operators of the windfarm on the grounds it was a "noise nuisance".