Constraint payments to wind farms – STOP THESE THINGS

Britain’s Wind Industry Set to Receive Even More Taxpayer’s Money For Producing Nothing At All

February 26, 2023 by stopthesethings 4 Comments

So-called wind power ‘constraint payments’ are more like a kidnapper’s ransom, than a genuine commercial transaction. There aren’t many exchanges that involve a producer claiming a fee for producing absolutely nothing, at all. But when your product is only available in random, chaotic spurts (or not at all), apparently the rules change. Up to December […]

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UK’s Power Consumers Pay Staggering Price For Wind Power That’s Never Delivered

December 6, 2022 by stopthesethings 3 Comments

Obscene is one way to describe the wind power debacle playing out in Britain; power prices are punitive, in calm weather power rationing is normal. And with a bitter winter looming, the worst is yet to come. That untold £billions have already been squandered on subsidies directed to chaotically intermittent wind and solar is bad […]

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British Taxpayers Paying Wind Power Outfits £500,000,000 Every Year To Produce NOTHING!

November 1, 2022 by stopthesethings 7 Comments

There’s never been a financial scam that comes anywhere near rivalling subsidised wind power for longevity and audacity. Stories of the gullible signing up to buy the London Bridge or the Eiffel Tower spring to mind, when it is borne in mind that wind power (which simply cannot be delivered on demand) has no commercial […]

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Highland Heist: During 2020 Scots Paid Wind Power Outfits £235,000,000 To NOT Produce Power

January 26, 2021 by stopthesethings 4 Comments

Chaotically intermittent and heavily subsidised wind power is costing the normally parsimonious Scots a veritable fortune, even when their wind turbines aren’t producing so much as a spark. There aren’t many businesses where a major source of revenue is being paid to NOT produce what it is that your business is meant to produce. STT […]

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World’s Biggest Scams: Scotland’s Wind Farms Paid £650,000,000 To NOT Produce Power

July 14, 2020 by stopthesethings 5 Comments

In the history of commerce, there’s never been a financial scam that comes anywhere near rivalling subsidised wind power. There aren’t many businesses where a major source of revenue is being paid to NOT produce what it is that your business is meant to produce. STT is at a loss to find many other current […]

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Priceless: Scots Forced to Pay Wind Farms £650,000,000 To NOT Generate Power

January 23, 2020 by stopthesethings 11 Comments

Once upon a time, electricity had a value defined by demand, not by the weather. Power that can’t be delivered as and when it’s needed has absolutely no commercial value. Which brings us to weather-dependent wind power; generated in chaotic, random intervals, it’s a case of either feast or famine. But businesses and households don’t […]

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