Has Wind Power Really Saved Britain £104 Billion Since 2010?

Has wind power really saved Britain £104 billion since 2010?

A paper published last week, from a team of academics at University College London, has claimed that wind-generated electricity has saved British consumers £104 billion since 2010. Most of this, the authors write, is because expanding renewable electricity has cut demand for natural gas, keeping bills lower than they would have been. They argue that “wind power should be viewed as a public good — like roads or schools — where government support …

Has wind power REALLY saved the UK £104 billion?

Have you heard that wind power has saved the people of Great Britain over one hundred billion pounds in the last decade? That’s the contention of a new study, which has been eagerly picked up and run with by all and sundry across the media landscape this morning. Is the claim true? We’ll get to …

Britain has saved £104bn due to wind power since 2010

While factions of the country remain adamant that clean energy is costing taxpayers unnecessarily, new evidence shows the transition is actually reducing costs.  Research conducted by University College London shows that between 2010 and 2023 shows that at least £104billion has been cut from the cost of powering the UK. £14.2billion of this can directly be attributed to wind power generating cheaper electricity at the meter. However, the majorit…

Britain's Wind Farms Paid Billions of Dollars to Switch Off in 2025

In a year marked by aggressive pushes toward net zero emissions, Britain’s energy sector has hit a staggering milestone: over £1 billion (approximately $1.3 billion) spent in 2025 alone to pay wind farms to curtail production and switch off turbines. This eye-watering figure, driven by grid constraints and oversupply, underscores the hidden inefficiencies in the UK’s renewable energy rollout. As wind power capacity surges, the national grid stru…