Hot, still summer days reduce power generated by 30%.
Lack of wind triggered a sharp drop in the amount of electricity produced by wind turbines after the hot, still summer days brought them to a standstill.
In another sign of the much-criticised unreliability of wind power, figures show that electricity generated using wind was 30 per cent lower in the seven weeks to last Sunday compared with the same period last year.
Britain got 15 per cent of its power from wind last year. However, on Wednesday wind power generated only 1.6 per cent of Britain’s electricity, according to National Grid.
There are 8,898 wind turbines in the UK.
Turbines have also been forced to shut during storms when there is too much wind and they risk getting broken.
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July 20, 2018 at 01:20PM
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