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Cost of balancing Great Britain’s power grid reaches nearly £50m a day

Cost of balancing Great Britain’s power grid reaches nearly £50m a day

Grid operator paying large sums to switch off windfarms in areas of excess electricity generation while turning on gas plants elsewhere The cost of balancing Great Britain’s power grid has soared to near-record highs of almost £50m a day after windfarms were turned off because of

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