<![CDATA[So far in 2026, Britain has wasted £666,865,589 switching off wind turbines and paying gas plants to switch onhttps://wastedwind.energy/The total cost for all of 2025 was £1,467,023,332.]]>So far in 2026, Britain has wasted £666,865,589 switching off wind turbines and paying gas plants to switch on
https://wastedwind.energy/
The total cost for all of 2025 was £1,467,023,332.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/be977952-e0f0-49c5-8188-563c57621eaa/so-far-in-2026-britain-has-wasted-666-865-589-switching-off-wind-turbines-and-paying-gas-plants-to-switch-onhttps-wastedwind.energy-the-total-cost-for-all-of-2025-was-1-467-023-332.RSS for NodeSat, 02 May 2026 12:15:27 GMTFri, 01 May 2026 16:04:32 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to So far in 2026, Britain has wasted £666,865,589 switching off wind turbines and paying gas plants to switch onhttps://wastedwind.energy/The total cost for all of 2025 was £1,467,023,332. on Fri, 01 May 2026 21:16:34 GMT]]>@kim_harding Yeah, without batteries it really bites. Even if batteries are only 60% efficient on a watts in vs watts out model, that is over £400 billion in lost energy.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/ChuckMcManis/statuses/116501393876933947https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/ChuckMcManis/statuses/116501393876933947Fri, 01 May 2026 21:16:34 GMT