Turbines Waste Enough Wind Power To Supply All Of London's Homes

22 Jan 2026 | Abstracted from The Telegraph

The UK wasted 10 TWh of wind power in 2025 - enough to run all of London for a year - because the grid couldn't move electricity from windy regions like Scotland to where it was needed. With transmission lines overloaded, operators paid wind farms to shut down and paid gas plants to replace the lost power. The curtailment cost consumers £1.4 billion and highlighted the need for faster grid upgrades.

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