Scots Windfarms Paid Cash To Stop Producing Energy

[Game_Over]

Wind turbines are expensive, inefficient and blight the landscape.

However, in 10 years time they will be a valuable source of scrap steel which should cut down on carbon emissions slightly.

The economic reasons for their inevitable demise are too numerous to list.

[Kurt Barlow]

Wind turbines are expensive, inefficient and blight the landscape.

However, in 10 years time they will be a valuable source of scrap steel which should cut down on carbon emissions slightly.

The economic reasons for their inevitable demise are too numerous to list.

Meanwhile in the real World cumulative capacity grows exponentially

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GlobalWindPowerCumulativeCapacity.png

Edited May 6, 2011 by Kurt Barlow

[IAS29]

Meanwhile in the real World cumulative capacity grows exponentially

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GlobalWindPowerCumulativeCapacity.png

Aren't wind turbines wonderful?

http://kirbymtn.blogspot.com/2004/10/arent-wind-turbines-wonderful.html

[Riedquat]

Why?

The wind farms have a contractual agreement with NG to access their network. NG then ask them to not access the grid for a few hours. The payment is compensation.

Compensation that makes you much better off at no cost to yourself? Sounds more like corruption to me. Simply paying them for what would've gone on to the grid if it could've done would've been compensation.

In future better grid connections will eliminate this problem. Christ - the way people go on, on this site you would think there was never a hick up in the develop of the canal system, railways, roads........

At least there was a point to all of those.