As the Telegraph states, this is essentially a Scottish problem, as there is not enough transmission capacity to carry all the wind power south when it is windy. But naively,…
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Scotland’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm Wasting Three Quarters of Energy
Scotland’s biggest offshore wind farm wasted three quarters of the energy it produced last year after being paid hundreds of millions of pounds to switch off its turbines. The Telegraph…
Wind farms paid record £.9.3m to switch off their turbines on Friday
Reposted from NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT May 24, 2020 tags: wind power By Paul Homewood Wind farms in Britain were paid a record £.9.3m to switch off…