Ofgem has confirmed it is investigating accusations that wind farm operators overstated their output, earning them millions in curtailment payments. Analysis conducted by Bloomberg, which examined millions of records from 2018 to June last year, compared wind farm operators’ daily generation forecasts to their actual production when they were not curtailed. The results found that several overestimated by at least 20%.
Ofgem begins investigation over wind farms ‘overstating output’
