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UK paid wind farms to switch off amid grid constraints

Original: "Overall, windfarms and hydropower plants with about 9 gigawatts of capacity were paid to not generate on Wednesday..eno

Windfarms and hydropower plants with around 9 gigawatts of capacity were paid not to generate on Wednesday, power enough for more than 8 million typical UK households. Instead, the grid operator had to pay gas and biomass plants to fire up and bought more expensive electricity, highlighting inefficiencies in Britain's grid and constraints policy.

Why now: Paying to turn off cheap renewable power while running costly fossil plants has reignited debate over UK grid capacity and energy costs

UK National Gridwind farmshydropower plantsgas plantsbiomass plants

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• "Overall, windfarms and hydropower plants with about 9 gigawatts of capacity were paid to not generate on Wednesday..enough to power more than 8m typical households. Instead, the grid operator was forced to pay for a string of gas and biomass plants to fire up and bought more… · junesim63@mstdn.social · 70

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