Scotland’s Wind Turbines Are Being Paid to Stand Still 37% of the Time

Scotland’s Wind Turbines Are Being Paid to Stand Still 37% of the Time

Operators of wind turbines in Scotland were paid to switch their turbines off 37% of the time over the first half of the year, the Financial Times has reported, an amount equal to 4 TWh that were not produced due to lack of demand and infrastructure to bring the electricity to where there was demand. The report noted that the amount curtailed from wind turbines in Scotland accounted for 86% of the total curtailment across Britain over the six mo…