Wind farms shut because it's too windy

NATIONAL GRID has been forced to ask wind farms to shut down for the second time in a month - because it's too windy. Seven wind farm operators switched off their turbines on Monday night. National Grid said they were generating TOO MUCH power as storms ripped across Scotland. It leaves taxpayers with yet another bill. National Grid has to pay wind farm operators compensation when asking them to stop the turbines. National Grid said: "It was very windy yesterday and there was some curtailment of wind generation." Despite huge subsidies for wind farm operators, National Grid claims its network is not ready to handle the power surge in storms. Demand for electricity also drops off late at night...more

We subsidize farmers and then pay them not to farm.
Scotland subsidizes wind farms and then pays them to shut down.
We subsidize government, so why can't we get it to shut down too!