Tracking how much Brits are paying to waste wind energy.

Joined March 2025
Last week, #WastedWind cost Great Britain £65 MILLION. By 10am today, GB has wasted another £6.7m. Renewables aren't the problem - it's the decades-old system that isn't set up to make the most of cheap power.
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So far in 2025, Britain has wasted £966,193,697 switching off wind turbines and paying gas plants to switch on. That's almost £1,000,000,000 wasted this year.
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Another costly day.
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#WastedWind cost Great Britain £90 million last week. £807 million so far this year. Money spent throwing away cheap energy only to buy more expensive energy to replace it. Daily breakdown: wastedwind.energy
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#WastedWind 4 - 10 August 💰 Last week, Britain wasted £90,478,234 shutting off wind turbines while also switching on gas plants. 📅 Highest day: Tues 5 August - £19,261,237 📈 In 2025, wasted wind has already cost Brits: £807,235,232
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