Electricity customers spend £2bn to compensate windfarm owners

Industry watchers say the cost is obscene.

Electricity customers have now spent £2bn to compensate windfarm owners ordered to switch off their turbines.

The regular shutdowns are essential to avoid overloading the national grid, which frequently can’t cope with the input from renewable energy projects.

Industry watchers say the cost is obscene.

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