£1.8 BILLION Wasted on Energy Bills

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Published: 04 Sept 2025

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In 2025 the money spent on turning OFF wind turbines will reach £1.8 Billion. Only part of that cost is for switching them off or "Curtailing" generation. The rest of the costs I explore in this video and why we have to curtail generation in the first place, and the solutions I and thousands of others are working on to reduce that waste.

Last year over £2B was spent on balancing the grid, see the NESO report here:
https://www.neso.energy/document/362561/download

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:10 Total Waste
1:45 Other Costs
2:30 CfDs & Pay-As-Clear
4:00 Issues with CfDs
6:00 How we work out curtailment
7:00 Origins of Constraints
8:00 Solutions
9:00 New Technology
10:30 Outro
11:20 Outtakes / Cats

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