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Wind farms paid £1m a week to switch off

Wind farms paid £1m a week to switch off New figures show £53m was given to the wind industry last year to keep turbines switched off to regulate electricity supplied to National Grid Wind farms are being paid more than £1 million a week to switch off their turbines. Latest industry figures show £53.1 million was handed out to green energy companies over the past 12 months for shutting down turbines. The money is paid by consumers through a subsidy added on to electricity bills. The turbines have to be shut down at certain times because Britain’s electricity network is unable to… View Article