Analysts Call for Rethink of UK Wind Power Strategy Amid Rising Costs

The UK public body that operates the electricity grid expects the costs of wasted wind power to rise to as much as $10.7 billion by 2030.

The General Electric–Alstom Block Island Wind Farm stands three miles off of Block Island, R.I., on Sept. 22, 2016. Scott Eisen/Getty Images

Energy analysts and energy providers have warned that the UK’s current system for managing wind power is driving up consumer bills and will continue to do so in the years to come.

According to them, the UK should rethink its green energy agenda and implement reforms to increase competition and make companies shoulder more of the costs they impose on the grid.