March 29, 2022
The Unworkable Wind Scheme
Stephen Heins:
Tim adds:
Windmills are 17th century technology. They are a bit more efficient than the ones used by the Dutch back then, but not much. The fact is if wind were to be commercially viable we would need a much different approach. Spinning blades are just too inefficient to make this viable. We need a more creative approach - or simply chuck the whole thing as unworkable.
The wind
industry has already been fattened on subsidies of more than £6 billion
a year (paid for out of green levies on your electricity bills), it has
privileged access to the grid and is paid extra compensation when the
wind blows too strongly and the grid cannot cope with the energy output.
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Windmills are 17th century technology. They are a bit more efficient than the ones used by the Dutch back then, but not much. The fact is if wind were to be commercially viable we would need a much different approach. Spinning blades are just too inefficient to make this viable. We need a more creative approach - or simply chuck the whole thing as unworkable.
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