Tuesday, January 7, 2014

UK Wind Farms Paid not to Generate Electricity & Fell Trees to Build More

"Unfortunately for UK residents, wind farms are being erected faster than the National Grid can absorb the electricity they produce. According to the National Grid, the ‘constraint payment’ system is needed to balance supply and demand and the money that wind farms receive makes up only a small proportion of ‘constraint payments’ made to electricity generators."

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UK Wind Farms Paid not to Generate Electricity & Fell Trees to Build More