counter Britain spent £1.5bn in 2025 to turn off wind farms and fire up gas plants when electric grid couldn’t cope – Forsething

Britain spent £1.5bn in 2025 to turn off wind farms and fire up gas plants when electric grid couldn’t cope

BRITAIN shelled out almost £1.5billion to turn off wind farms and fire up gas plants this year when the electric grid could not cope. The bill, recovered through levies on household and business energy tariffs, is about a fifth higher than in 2024 as wind capacity increases faster than the cables needed for it. The…

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