Five hundred and seven million pounds That’s how much was added onto British energy bills in 2021 alone because of fees the National Grid has to pay wind farms to shut down
FIVE-HUNDRED and seven million pounds. That’s how much was added onto British energy bills in 2021 alone because of fees the National Grid has to pay wind farms to shut down.
Excess power generated during times of high wind could instead be put into batteries for later use, or other renewable energy technologies that serve a similar storage function, such as pumped-hydro or green hydrogen. “What they do, when it’s going to be too much for the grid to cope with, is they pay the windfarm to turn off and they just lock the turbines.Instead of wasting – or not even generating – the excess power, it can be stored in other renewable technologies for future use.
And with green hydrogen, there is potential for a massive export market. Whitford, as the chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups for Germany, said that is something politicians from that country are acutely aware of. “Once you’ve built it, as long as you maintain it, that’s it,” she said. “Whereas with lithium ion batteries, you are depending on rare earth minerals and they deteriorate. You won’t get 40 or 50 years out of a battery farm, so it is a much better investment for storing energy.”
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