SIR - I was annoyed to read in my Saturday weekend paper that the “saving the planet “ wind farms are receiving vast amounts of money for producing nothing. The Renewable Energy Foundation has carried research which states that the wind farm owners received £108 million pounds in 2017 in constraint payments which is paid when the turbines are shut down. This up from £6 million in paid in 2012, a total of £367 million in 5 years.
While this is going on I have to pay 15per cent extra on my electricity bills and five per cent extra on my gas bills to fund this.
What a crazy world we live in.
Michael T Leahy, Rowantree Avenue, Baildon
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