wind power again.

[Michael Rolls]

Between 1630 and 1800 on Tuesday the 24th, wind farms were paid £65,000 to turn off their turbines. At the same time the National Grid was asking consumers to turn off appliances because the system was in danger of having to impose cuts.
During 2022 consumers paid £215 million to turn off turbines and £717 million to buy gas powered electricity to make up the difference.
And we are supposed to be heading for net zero and lots more electric cars and heat
pumps. Alice in Wonderland?
Apparently the main problem is with the infrastructure - it already can't cope and expert view is that it is going to get worse.
Mike

[Alex]

Nobody seems willing to sort this out !   what a waste of money....,,

[Ashy]

For years all our investment has been in solar and wind whilst closing fuel power stations. What an act of collective stupidity. Wind today 2 GW and solar negligible. Whoever is supposed to be planning for this is a disgrace, because they can't make the sun shine and the wind blow. This is why the grid can't cope, not because the grid is defective.

[klondike]

Whoever is supposed to be planning for this is a disgrace, because they can't make the sun shine

If only we had Boris back. To hear his fans talk you'd think he only needed to bend down.