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Old 03-06-2013, 04:33 PM   #535 (permalink)
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More wind farm joy

Wind farms paid £10,000 a day to sit idle in blustery conditions | The Times

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National Grid has begun paying wind farms to turn themselves off to balance the system when either electricity demand plummets or the amount of power generated is higher than anticipated. These extra costs are passed on to electricity suppliers such as British Gas and ultimately paid for by consumers in the shape of higher energy bills
So I pay and get nothing back.

Madness.
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