Putting wind farms' grid impact in context - National Grid to reveal true cost of balancing supply
Operator agrees to publish details of all constraint payments, after Scottish Renewables accuses it of unfairly singling out wind
Thanks to recent media reports, many people know that National Grid pays wind farm owners millions of pounds each year to switch their turbines off in order to help balance supply at periods of low power...
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