The Press and Journal has details of some truly phenomenal payments to wind farms in order to get them to switch off.
An energy giant was paid nearly £600,000 in less than a month – to turn off its windfarm and not produce any electricity.
Some or all of SSE’s 33 turbines at Strathy North were shut down almost daily between November 12 and December 10.
Last night, campaigners branded the situation “scandalous”, but the power company said it had to play its part in balancing the needs of the National Grid.
Westminster politicians: enabling graft and corruption since 1265AD.