Wind Power: National Grid

(asked on 2nd May 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and proportion of wind turbines were switched off due to a lack of capacity in the national grid in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.


Answered by
Graham Stuart Portrait
Graham Stuart
This question was answered on 15th May 2023

The Government does not hold data on the proportion of wind turbines switched off in 2021 and 2022 to manage network capacity constraints.

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