Gone with the wind? How UK grid bottlenecks risk costing the climate and the economy

Cecilia Keating
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As much as a fifth of wind power generated in Scotland risks being wasted by 2030 unless transmission infrastructure bottlenecks are resolved, Carbon Tracker warns

Bottlenecks on Britain's power grid are harming both the economy and the climate, with wind power congestion costing the country billions of pounds and leading to significantly higher emissions-intensity...

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