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New $5.5bn UK electricity ‘superhighway’ to ease wind power bottleneck

Scottish wind farms are often paid to switch off while English gas power stations fire up due to current lack of North-South transmission capacity

On more than 200 occasions in 2022, bottlenecks in the transmission system meant National Grid ESO had to make curtailment payments to Scottish wind farms such as SSE's Gordonbush array (pictured) to stop generating power.
On more than 200 occasions in 2022, bottlenecks in the transmission system meant National Grid ESO had to make curtailment payments to Scottish wind farms such as SSE's Gordonbush array (pictured) to stop generating power.Photo: SSE
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Published 13 August 2024, 10:11Updated 13 August 2024, 10:11
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