Six Scottish windfarms were paid up to £300,000 to stop producing energy, it has emerged.The turbines, at a range of sites across Scotland, were stopped because the grid network could not absorb all the energy they generated.Details of the payments emerged following research by the Renewable Energy Foundation (REF).The REF said energy companies were paid £900,000 to halt the turbines for several hours between 5 and 6 April.According to the REF research, the payments made cost up to 20 times the value of the electricity that would have been generated if the turbines had kept running......(more)
So they have built all these windfarms but not upgraded the network to take the full load , just does not make sense.
Quote from: tickmike on May 02, 2011, 09:57:46 PMSo they have built all these windfarms but not upgraded the network to take the full load , just does not make sense. It wouldn't if it was correct - it pays to check the facts though. " a transmission fault in the system meant the surplus energy could not be transferred to England and so generation had to be cut "“When you assume, you make an ass out of u and me.”~ Oscar Wilde on Assumption
You'd need to look at the contract as a whole to see if the penalty charges make sense.No doubt they did when negotiated, but it's easy to selectively quote from something large and complex to make part of it look stupid.
