Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Millions for wind power we can’t use

In the UK, concern on the costs of curtailing electricity generation

Millions for wind power we can’t use | UK | News | Daily Express:
WIND FARM operators are being paid millions for “wasted” electricity under a complex system known as constraint payments.
The money is paid out when turbines are spinning but the electricity they are generating is surplus to requirements.
Freedom of Information documents reveal that since 2011 more than £26.5million has been paid out under the scheme.
The payments, branded “utterly bonkers” by Conservative MP Chris Heaton-Harris
The entire article can be read at the Daily Express

The figures in the U.K. are probably tiny compared to the costs in Ontario.

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