Dave
The article makes the point that I made but surrounds it with confusing figures
to make it look more interesting.
To pick just one point, how is wind more expensive than other forms of power?
If we are using steadily decreasing stocks of fossil fuels that is the
expensive source of power.
I’m off to Edinburgh tomorrow for a street photography workshop; I think that
I’ll avoid reading the Sunday Post’s daily sister papers.
Chris
On 24 Mar 2014, at 10:52, deebel <deebel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Looks like we are paying for the energy they cant use ..
>
> http://www.sundaypost.com/news-views/scotland/salmond-s-great-wind-farm-rip-off-1.271296
>
> Dave
>
> On 23/03/2014 18:13, Chris Barker wrote:
>> Another snag with wind power is that it is too easy to switch off. Surplus
>> power is switched off in the UK, so that will give a false picture of the
>> proportion of power produced by wind (or other renewables).
>>
>> It also means that the power companies are paying for energy that they can't
>> use.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 23 Mar 14, at 16:46, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Chuck wrote:
>>>> According to the DOE, Iowa wind farms produced 27.4% of the state's
>>>> electrical capacity in 2013... a far cry from being able to supply half
>>>> the country. Unlike the UK which fails to meet the claimed 33%
>>>> production from installed capacity, Iowa very slightly exceeds it. When
>>>> you figure out how to get rid of all the backup conventional generating
>>>> capacity you'll have something. Meantime you've just managed to
>>>> increase the cost and (some would say) blight the land.
>>> The DOE estimate is slightly misleading for several reasons. First of
>>> all, several major wind farms came online in 2013. We're building them
>>> as fast as we can. Secondly, Iowa is an energy exporter. A substantial
>>> amount of our wind energy is exported to other states. Thirdly, we've
>>> been able to replace mainline coal-fired plants with gas-fired boost
>>> plants.
>
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