Years of waiting to get a permit to connect to the grid is holding back gigawatts in wind power capacity in Europe, Reuters has reported, citing WindEurope, the industry lobby group. “The system is clogged up - and holding back hundreds of gigawatts of wind farms,” WindEurope chief executive Giles Dickson said. There are currently over 500 GW in new wind power capacity that is awaiting the green light to connect to the grid across Europe but regulators are not in a hurry to grant that green light. The situation is most difficult in…
