Green energy white out forces Scots to rely on French nukes

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Scotsman:

SCOTLAND'S wind farms are unable to cope with the freezing weather conditions – grinding to a halt at a time when electricity demand is at a peak, forcing the country to rely on power generated by French nuclear plants.

Output from major wind farms fell to as low as 2.5 per cent of their potential generation capacity during the cold snap as power demand rose to close to the highest level yet recorded, new figures have revealed.

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It is another strike against wind energy at a time when others are also challenging its reliability in the crunch.
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