Advocates for increasing Britain’s reliance on wind power often claim that, on top of its green benefits, it will reduce prices and boost energy security. Massive planned increases in capacity are thus described as an undeniable win-win, with the arguments of critics ignored. But a debate over the virtues of the UK’s current energy strategy can no longer be avoided – and the failure of the Government’s latest subsidy auction for new offshore wind should be the trigger.
No companies chose to bid to build several new wind farms off the coast of Britain, and the ostensible reason was that the maximum price set by the Government for what they could charge for the energy was too low. Companies spent the summer complaining that the price did not reflect increases in their costs. Read on: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/…/wind-turbine-power-green…/
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