Just when you thought it could not get more ridiculous:

Britain’s biggest wind farm companies are to be paid not to produce
electricity when the wind is blowing.

Energy firms will receive thousands of
pounds a day per wind farm to turn off their turbines because the
National Grid cannot use the power they are producing
Photo: ALAMY

Energy firms will receive thousands

of pounds a day per wind farm to turn off their turbines
because the
National Grid cannot use the power they are producing.

Check out the original story here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/7840035/Firms-paid-to-shut-down-wind-farms-when-the-wind-is-blowing.html