"The boss of Britain's biggest energy provider says households are facing higher bills because of a racket where wind farms are paid to stop producing power. There are 2,500-plus wind farms across the UK mainly in Scotland, Yorkshire and the North East which are key to Labour's pledge to decarbonise the country's electricity sector by 2030, with more planned after prime minister Sir Keir Starmer lifted a ban on new onshore sites in England."
"It is because the National Energy System Operator (Neso) pays wind farms for the amount of energy they would have created when off they have to shut down, and then has to shell out on alternative energy sources, such as from gas-powered stations, to fill the gap on the national network. Mr Jackson, whose company invests in wind farms and is a leading advocate of transitioning to green power, put the cost of the pol"
The Independent emphasizes maintaining open, donation-funded journalism without paywalls to support on-the-ground reporting across political lines. Journalists cover issues from reproductive rights to climate change and corporate investigations, with donations enabling reporting from multiple perspectives. In the UK energy sector, Octopus Energy's founder Greg Jackson warns that inadequate transmission infrastructure is causing wind farms to be paid to stop producing. More than 2,500 wind farms, concentrated in Scotland, Yorkshire and the North East, are central to decarbonisation plans, but curtailment payments and replacement generation are adding costs for households.
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