Some valid points. I'm curious though. If the UK wants to 'go green', then why turn wind turbines off at all, rather than turn off some carbon-based power sta

Some valid points. I'm curious though. If the UK wants to 'go green', then why turn wind turbines off at all, rather than turn off some carbon-based power stations instead? What's the reasoning behind that? This is a problem I've raised before - if we have excess wind electricity, why aren't we storing it? The UK doesn't really have that much pumped storage/hydro: you need hills and dams, and almost all of those are in areas of outstanding natural beauty, and are therefore difficult to build.