Wind farms are being paid millions to switch OFF their turbines as they generate too much electricity http://www.energy-broker.co.uk/wind-farms-are-being-paid-millions-to-switch-off-their-turbines-as-they-generate-too-much-electricity/

Every day we’re urged to be more and more energy conscious.

But it has been revealed that wind farms were paid £8.7 million to switch off last month because there wasn’t enough demand for the energy they generated.

And the National Grid has been making the ‘constraint payments’ for years, with £32 million paid in the last year to keep the turbines powered down.

According to the Renewable Energy Foundation (REF), the ‘largest monthly amount paid for wind farms not to generate (£8.7 million)’ was in March of this year.

via Wind farms are being paid millions to switch OFF their turbines as they generate too much electricity | Mail Online.

Wind farms are being paid millions to switch OFF their turbines as they generate too much electricity