Wind Turbines

And the Ruskies are planning to blow our ofshore wind farms to bits!
 
The world is running out of wind.
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The stilling: global wind speeds slowing since 1960

Few people have probably noticed, but the world’s winds are getting slower. It is something that cannot be picked up by watching the billowing of dust or listening to the rustle of leaves on nearby trees.Instead, it is a phenomenon occurring on a different scale, as the average global wind speed...
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Vinty said:
The world is running out of wind.
ec.europa.eu

The stilling: global wind speeds slowing since 1960

Few people have probably noticed, but the world’s winds are getting slower. It is something that cannot be picked up by watching the billowing of dust or listening to the rustle of leaves on nearby trees.Instead, it is a phenomenon occurring on a different scale, as the average global wind speed...
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Yep, it's decreasing on average by 0.1% a year. By 2100 we might be down by 10%.
 
andy11 said:
Nobody has yet come up with the figure for wind generation as a percentage of a whole year's generation. I've asked nicely a couple of times.
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Britain’s wind turbines generated more electricity than gas-fired power stations for the first time in Q1 2023, new data released by Drax Electric Insights has found.

Almost a third (32.4%) of Britain’s electricity was supplied from wind power during the first quarter of 2023, outpacing gas which delivered 31.7%.
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IT Minion said:
Britain’s wind turbines generated more electricity than gas-fired power stations for the first time in Q1 2023, new data released by Drax Electric Insights has found.
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It's encouraging despite 'the UK’s investment in the energy transition fell by 10%, from $31bn to $28bn, from 2021 to 2022, while similar investment in the US rose by about 24% to $141bn, and in Germany by 17% to $55bn.
In the UK, renewable energy generation has been a mixed picture in recent years. Offshore wind has grown substantially, but onshore windfarms have been almost impossible to build in England since the planning laws were changed in 2015, while there has been hesitation over solar farms. The government has also refused to mandate solar panels on the roofs of new buildings.'
 
Odds said:
It's encouraging despite 'the UK’s investment in the energy transition fell by 10%, from $31bn to $28bn, from 2021 to 2022, while similar investment in the US rose by about 24% to $141bn, and in Germany by 17% to $55bn.
In the UK, renewable energy generation has been a mixed picture in recent years. Offshore wind has grown substantially, but onshore windfarms have been almost impossible to build in England since the planning laws were changed in 2015, while there has been hesitation over solar farms. The government has also refused to mandate solar panels on the roofs of new buildings.'
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It's almost as if we have a government with no energy policy and therefore no plan.

Rather in the same way that we don't build enough houses

And have an inadequate NHS

And sewage in our rivers and seas.
 
JohnD said:
It's almost as if we have a government with no energy policy and therefore no plan.
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Having read excerpts from Anthony Seldons' book 'Johnson at #10' i'd say no plan is the limit of their ambition. A bit OT, perhaps, but it links in to the under investment in Clean energy to help the UK become more self-sufficient in an efficient energy grid to ease the extortionate costs of electricity on the consumer.
 
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