{"id":5191,"date":"2026-01-10T09:21:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T09:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=5191"},"modified":"2026-01-10T09:21:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T09:21:56","slug":"wind-is-now-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-electricity-sources-so-why-are-we-switching-turbines-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/01\/10\/wind-is-now-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-electricity-sources-so-why-are-we-switching-turbines-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind is now one of the world\u2019s biggest electricity sources. So why are we switching turbines off?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The UK spent ~\u00a31.47bn curtailing wind generation and paying gas plants to switch on, blaming grid constraints and insufficient network investment. It explains that when wind output is high but grid capacity is limited, clean electricity can\u2019t reach demand centers\u2014so the system compensates by turning wind down and relying on fossil generation elsewhere. The piece frames this as both a cost\u2011of\u2011living and climate problem, arguing that grid upgrades and smarter pricing could reduce wasted renewable power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> January 2, 2026. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2026\/01\/02\/wind-is-now-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-electricity-sources-so-why-are-we-switching-turbines\">euronews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK spent ~\u00a31.47bn curtailing wind generation and paying gas plants to switch on, blaming grid constraints and insufficient network investment. It explains that when wind output is high but grid capacity is limited, clean electricity can\u2019t reach demand centers\u2014so the system compensates by turning wind down and relying on fossil generation elsewhere. The piece [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":5194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-crisis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5191"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5312,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5191\/revisions\/5312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}