Bad planning? Scottish wind farms paid £120m in six months not to generate electricity

Bad planning? Scottish wind farms paid £120m in six months not to generate electricity

Wind farms in Northern Scotland were paid around £120 million not to produce electricity in the first half according to a report which highlights the amount of renewable energy capacity that is wasted. The £116m cost represents the amount of money that was paid to compensate firms that operate wind farms after they were required by the regulator to curtail their operations when their output was not required. The figure comes from a report on the…