Wind won't solve energy gap :: Sam Talbot-Rice, Telegraph blogs
Every household in Britain is facing a £4,000 bill for something that they don't want, that won't work and that will scar the landscape.
But there is little outcry. Why? Because it is dressed up in green clothing. The Government is planning a massive expansion in the number of wind turbines in Britain, now in vogue with policy-makers seeking to fill Britain's energy gap.
But is wind the right option? A new report out today by the Centre for Policy Studies (Wind Chill: why wind will not fill the UK's energy gap) argues that this reliance on wind power is a mistake. The report's author Tony Lodge shows that far from filling the energy gap, wind power is unreliable, expensive and impractical.
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Tom, apparently you and I are on the same page about climate and wind power. Not sure how I ended up on your site, but since I did, please read and share Jon Boone's paper "Why Wind Won't Work." It is backed up by Germany's E.ON Netz 2005 annual report showing that less than 8% of wind's actual production across the country could contribute to base load capacity. That's 8% of the 25% of nameplate capacity of the wind infrastructure. So wind power's offset to fossil fuel and nuclear power is 2% of rated capacity, or $7.50(US)/kWH for wind base load. What a joke. Can the public and leaders grasp it before Rome burns?
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