Analysts Call for Rethink of UK Wind Power Strategy Amid Rising Costs

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The UK public body that operates the electricity grid expects the costs of wasted wind power to rise to as much as $10.7 billion by 2030.

Analysts Call for Rethink of UK Wind Power Strategy Amid Rising Costs

The GE-Alstom Block Island Wind Farm stands three miles off of Block Island, Rhode Island, on Sept. 22, 2016. Scott Eisen/Getty Images

Evgenia Filimianova

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Energy analysts and energy providers warn that the United Kingdom’s current system for managing wind power is driving up consumer bills and will continue to do so in the years to come.

They say Britain should rethink its green energy agenda and implement reforms to increase competition and make companies shoulder more of the costs they impose on the grid.

Evgenia Filimianova

Evgenia Filimianova

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Evgenia Filimianova is a UK-based journalist covering a wide range of international stories, with a particular interest in foreign policy, economy, and UK politics.

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