Fact check November 27 The Claim: Planning Minister Matthew Guy said the Coalition's 2011 wind farm planning laws were not preventing wind farms from being constructed. He told ABC Radio that, despite receiving permits, more than 1500 wind turbines were yet to be built in Victoria. Does it stack up? The number of turbines that have been approved in projects yet to start construction is 594, according to data from the Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. That is at least 900 fewer than Mr Guy's radio claim of more than 1500. However, the minister's argument that state government policy has not crippled investment in wind turbines has some merit and is backed up by the clean energy industry, which largely points the finger at the federal government's push to reduce the renewable energy target for creating investment uncertainty. Finding: Mostly false. The data the minister used to prosecute his case does not stack up.