Wind power blow
I have been monitoring the flow of electricity between Scotland and England during the past few days which shows Scotland to be consistently importing electricity and up to a massive 2.8GW at times. This is significantly more than half the average Scottish electricity demand of around 5GW.
This belies the repeated claims by politicians and wind developers who consistently tell us that renewable generation (mostly wind) meets our requirements and demonstrates the obvious truth that no matter how many wind turbines are built, they are useless when the wind does not blow. At present the installed wind generation capacity in Scotland is around 11GW with another 8.5GW approved or under construction and another 10GW at the planning stage.
This all-eggs-in-one-basket approach to energy supply/security is sheer madness with little or no consideration given to back-up needs when there is little or no wind and the lack of infrastructure to cope with these huge wind generation levels. There are no batteries on earth which can cope with and help balance such huge quantities.
GM Lindsay, Kinross, Perth & Kinross
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