UK Households pay after Highland wind farms earn £68 million for nothing 04/03/2024By Keith Findlay Premium Content New figures also reveal more than £275m was paid to keep Scottish turbines still during 2023.
Energy Transition SSEN Transmission calls for timely approval of Peterhead to Yorkshire ‘electric superhighway’ 23/12/2021 By Hamish Penman It has been warned that any delays to plans for an “electric superhighway” between Scotland and England could cost the taxpayer millions of pounds.
Energy Transition Government refutes union claims on subsidies to idle windfarms 11/01/2019 By David McPhee The UK Government has hit back at union claims that British bill payers are footing the bill for idle turbines.
Energy Transition North-east windfarms get £1m in ‘constraint payments’ 29/10/2018By Stephen Walsh Windfarm operators in the north-east have received £1 million since the start of the year to turn off their turbines in high winds.
Energy Transition Exclusive: Scottish onshore wind farms costing millions in constraint payments 22/09/2017By David McPhee Many of Scotland's biggest onshore wind farms are being paid tens of millions of pounds for producing virtually no energy at certain times.