{"id":360501,"date":"2025-01-04T18:31:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T17:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=360501"},"modified":"2025-01-04T18:31:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T17:31:37","slug":"net-zero-watch-condemns-new-windfarm-rip-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=360501","title":{"rendered":"Net Zero Watch condemns new windfarm\u00a0rip-off"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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London: 3 January 2025<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Net Zero Watch condemns new windfarm rip-off<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Campaign group Net Zero Watch has condemned the renewables industry rip-off of electricity consumers. New data published by the Renewable Energy Foundation reveals that the cost of paying windfarms to switch off <\/em>soared by 91% in 2024<\/em><\/a>. These payments are necessary when the grid has insufficient capacity to deliver the power to market. Nearly \u00a3400 million was paid to windfarms in 2024, and much more than this in indirect costs [1].<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The largest single recipient was Seagreen, a new windfarm off the coast of Angus, which received nearly \u00a3200 million in these so-called \u201cconstraint payments\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Net Zero Watch director Andrew Montford said:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Renewable Energy Foundation suggest that Seagreen is making around \u00a3270 for each megawatt hour it actually produces, more than three times market averages, because it\u2019s so lucrative to be switched off. This is a truly obscene rip-off of the consumer.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And Mr Montford warned that the situation will become worse.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Windfarms seem to be being deliberately built in Scottish waters, where they will receive lucrative payments to be switched off.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And there are huge numbers of new windfarms planned for Scottish waters, where they will be just as constrained. So the rip-off is only going to get worse.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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[1] When windfarms have to switch off, their customers still need power, so it is necessary to pay a gas-fired power station to switch on to meet demand.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Campaign group Net Zero Watch has condemned the renewables industry rip-off of electricity consumers. New data published by the Renewable Energy Foundation reveals that the cost of paying windfarms to switch off\u00a0soared by 91% in 2024. These payments are necessary when the grid has insufficient capacity to deliver the power to market. 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