Record payout for big wind

• “A record £4.8m was paid to wind farm operators in the space of one day, for switching off turbines when it became too windy.
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  More than 60 farms — most in Scotland — were compensated after electricity supply outstripped demand on
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  Seems reasonable. In the United States the Government pays farmers NOT to grow crops

One thing the government is REALLY good at is screwing up the market.

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