Wind farms receive higher subsidies in Britain than in most other countries, a study has found.

Britain pays £95 per megawatt hour for electricity from on-shore wind farms, including subsidy and the wholesale price.

The international average is £77, according to the study commissioned by the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Wind farms in Sweden and Denmark receive less than £60 per megawatt hour and those in the US states of Texas and Iowa receive less than £40.

The study of 26 countries by Frontier Economics found that British wind farms received the seventh highest level of support. Japan paid most for wind power, at £170 per megawatt hour, followed by Italy at £130.

The study said the average load factor (or percentage of maximum output delivered) was 29 per cent for turbines in Britain, which "compares well to other countries".

A spokeswoman for the DECC said that the Government was considering making future onshore wind farms compete more directly with other forms of electricity.

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