Indy energy?
The total costs of these associated with Scottish wind energy have been authoritatively estimated to amount to £120bn by 2030; that is about £48,000 for each household in Scotland. Is this really what he wants?
I note that in the same issue you quote Ofgem as claiming that bringing wind-generated electricity from Caithness to Moray will increase the UK’s energy security. It has now been amply demonstrated that wind power, no matter where generated or how distributed, makes no significant contribution to security because of its intermittent availability, and requires essentially 100 per cent backup from conventional generation.
(Prof) Jack Ponton FREng
Scientific Alliance Scotland
North St David Street
Edinburgh
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According to the Renewable Energy Foundation, the record was broken on Sunday. Those promoting renewables like to boast how many homes can be powered by each scheme, so here’s another boast: on just eight recent days enough electricity to power 50,000 homes for a year was wasted.
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