Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 17505

Wind Power: Expenditure

Tabled: 3 December 2024
Answered: 10 December 2024

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the total cost to the public purse of curtailment of onshore wind turbines in England was in the last three years.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The Department does not hold this information. A summary of constraint costs is publicly available at https://www.neso.energy/data-portal/constraint-breakdown, and network constraint costs for 2023 were £1.4bn. The National Energy System Operator is respo...
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