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Gas power station paid over £1m an hour to keep electricity grid running as wind output plummets
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Gas power station paid over £1m an hour to keep electricity grid running as wind output plummets
A gas-fired power station was paid over £1m an hour to keep the grid running yesterday after wind output plummeted.
Wind power slumped between Monday last week, when it made up 28 per cent of the energy mix, to just two per cent a week later.
This meant that grid operator Neso had to pay gas power stations to step in and keep the lights on, with costs reaching up to 10 times the average.
One gas plant, Langage Powe…
10 Nov, 12:34