This does not exactly fall into the fraud and corruption category, but it is so mind-boggling and so nonsensical that it takes quite a bit of effort not to consider it fraudulent at least with respect to the lack of practicality as to the primary intention of coming up with better and effective ways of producing energy from renewable, alternative sources.
From wattsupwiththat.com:
Firms paid to shut down wind farms when the wind is blowing
Published: 9:00PM BST 19 Jun 2010
Energy firms will receive thousands of pounds a day per wind farm to turn off their turbines because the National Grid cannot use the power they are producing Photo: ALAMY
Energy firms will receive thousands of pounds a day per wind farm to turn off their turbines because the National Grid cannot use the power they are producing.
