[2] The REF's primary activity is commissioning and writing reports to provide information on energy issues.
[3] On 2 February 2011, the REF released a report critical of wind power, saying it would lead to higher prices for consumers.
[4][5] The REF also publishes constraint payments made by the National Grid Electricity System Operator to wind farms to reduce output.
They don't foster or promote or develop, they just try to undermine the case for wind energy all the time.
"[9] In 2011 it was revealed that it had been in discussion in April 2008 with the Charities Commission about its possibly overly political nature.