The cost of paying wind farms to switch off and gas plants to replace them when Britains electricity network cannot cope has hit a record of almost £1.5 billion this year.The cost, funded by levies o… [+4012 chars]
Cost of turning off wind farms if network cannot cope hits £1.5bn - The Times
Switching off renewables for gas-fired energy could rise to £8bn a year unless the ‘broken system’ is fixed, says Octopus Energy
By:Emily Gosden
Source:Thetimes.com
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