Scottish Wind Farm Accused of Using Net Zero Loophole to Make £647 Million

Think tank alleges that consumers have overpaid hundreds of millions of pounds for wind energy through legal means.

A turbine from the Esvagt Alba during a visit by the British prime minister to the Moray Offshore Windfarm East, off the Aberdeenshire coast, during his visit to Scotland on Aug. 5, 2021. Jane Barlow - Pool/Getty Images

Consumers have overpaid by millions of pounds for energy from Moray East wind farm in northeast Scotland via a legal net zero loophole, according to the Renewable Energy Foundation (REF).

REF, which is critical of wind farm expansion, has alleged that the wind farm took advantage of the loophole as well as a scheme where it gets paid when not making electricity.