September 5, 2016

Electricity generation from wind power has grown dramatically in the UK in recent years (Figure 2) and so has the challenge to balance the grid, especially when it is very windy. One of the balancing tactics deployed by National Grid is to pay wind farms to switch off when it Read more

Scotland has thrown up more than one wind turbine every day for four years. A Sunday Post probe has found there are now 3400 onshore turbines in operation compared with 1657 four years ago. https://www.sundaypost.com/news/windfarm-debate-turbines-double-four-years/