Wind Power in Action......Not
Just when you need energy, the wind is not there....
The Met Office said there has been an unusually long period of high pressure across the UK for the last couple of weeks, causing the cold snap and very little wind..
Since Boxing Day much of the country has suffered sub-zero conditions with frozen rivers and lakes and even the sea in the south of England, at Sandbanks in Dorset. In the last few days temperatures in southern England plunged as low as 17.6F (-8C). However the weather is expected to warm up over the weekend, with wind speeds also picking up.
But sources in the energy industry say that the lack of wind has caused the country's wind farms to grind to a halt when more electricity than ever is needed for heating, forcing the grid to rely on back up from fossil fuels or other renewable energy sources
posted by GayandRight @ 10:27 PM
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Ironic that the Telegraph has already made the paradigm shift that you ridicule, by referring to fossil fuels as backup, rather than primary...just the sort of change of perspective you should consider...
Environmentalists should be out there spinning those things by hand!
every kilowat generated by wind requires back up generation with fossil fuels of some sort. wind power is a total waste of resources.
Get some commies out there protesting! That will bring up the winds! (real conservative)
Co-generation is what one needs to do if utilizing wind, but that of course would lower efficiency due to natural losses whenever you convert energy forms.
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