next door is a gas fired power plant built when prices were far lower, the new turbine won t just be much greener, it ll also generate handsome profits for the local community who own it. they hope many others will follow. there s been a huge and dramatic reduction in cost of wind turbines in the last couple of decades, and they re now the cheapest in cash terms, the cheapest forms of new generation, as well as being clean and quick. so it s a slam dunk. why wouldn t we be doing it? for the last seven years, the government have made it almost impossible to put up wind turbines onshore in england. this is a rare exception. the rules now, though, are going to be changed, so there could be many more appearing in the future. paul barltrop, bbc points west, avonmouth. thousands of photographs offering a glimpse of post war