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The problem with wind farms is that they need wind and in frigid weather there is little wind to be had. That is the lesson that they are learning in Europe, where several countries "lead" the US in the development of wind power.

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Wind farms stumped by cold weather

It has been warned that ineffective wind farms could cost the country billions of pounds, as well as causing blackouts and triggering an economic crisis. This is due to the inability of wind farms to produce any energy in extremely cold conditions.

To make up for this lack of energy production, the government will have to build emergency back up power plants, the bill for which will be fronted by the public.

The director of the Energy Intensive Users Group, Jeremy Nicholson has said that failure of wind how has very profound implications. This comes after new figures have shown that during the recent cold period, wind power produced less than two percent of the nation’s electricity. He says that because of this, the government will encourage companies to build back up stations in case of further failures. more

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