Well done wind

[Highway Man]

I can see you are guessing.

Incorrectly.

Enlighten us

 

[Highway Man]

I can see you are guessing.

Incorrectly.

Not really.
Grid Bottlenecks and Curtailment: Much of the UK's wind power is generated in Scotland or remote offshore areas, while most of the demand is further south. When transmission lines are full, the National Energy System Operator (NESO) has to pay wind operators to switch off their turbines (called "curtailment") and turn on gas plants instead, costing over £1.4 billion a yea

 

[JohnD]

I posted it previously.

But you can look it up with goggle.

Ask 'for uk wind power, where does the money go when the market price is higher than the contract price?'

 

[Highway Man]

`Wind energy is a great idea but if it doesnt lower our energy bills, completely pointless.

 

[Munroast]

No we aren't.

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Boelo

 

[JohnD]

only 32% ! a bit disappointing considering were amidst of a giant autumnal storm

Wind speeds are mostly quite low.

 

[Highway Man]

Wind speeds are mostly quite low.

Nonsense, they are placed in windy places for a reason..

 

[JohnD]

Are you going to claim that Britain is in the grip of a violent storm today?

It isn't.

 

[Munroast]

Are you going to claim that Britain is in the grip of a violent storm today?

It isn't.

Man killed by falling tree as Storm Boelo leaves more than 160,000 properties without power