Now here's something to tell the evil-minded, foolish nookies of VVASP.
The UK's wind power generating capacity has just topped 5.1 gigawatts. There are an addditional 18 gigawatts of wind power projects currently stuck in the planning system.
First things first - 5 gigawatts amounts to 4% of the UK's electricity generating output. Add on the 18 gigawatts worth currently being held up by deranged nookies and other idiots and you get closer to 20% of the UK's total output.
That's right - 20% of the UK's electricity could be being produced (as we speak) by wind power alone. And this from a source which the cretins of VVASP like to think is unreliable, using turbines which one VVASP weirdo claims cost a couple of billion pounds each.
Anyway, back to reality. Reuters reported last year that the UK's electricity generating capacity from ALL sources (coal, gas, oil, nuclear, renewables and imports) was 105,171 megawatts (or 105 GW). At that point, oil and renewables combined accounted for 8.2 per cent of the total electricity generated.
Very soon indeed, wind power will be achieving upwards of 8 per cent of our electricity generation all on its own. It was only back in February 2007 that the UK topped 2 gigawatts of wind generated electricity, so that figure has more than double in less than three years. Sadly, back in 2007 Germany was producing 20 gigawatts of wind energy, ten times as much as we were, so we were a long way behind. But hey - we're catching up!
And, amazingly, all this has happened while the jerks of VVASP and their sister terrorist organisations haven't even seen a windfarm!!! If they had (well, most of them - can't do anything about the handful who have visited windfarms on behalf of the villagers and come back tellling tall stories), they'd know that there isn't a problem with them. But because to depart from the party line and admit that there's nothing to worry about would be to incur the wrath of Dr R.S. and his thugs they have to keep shouting out lies as loud as they can - it's the only way to fit in.
So, while a small bunch of self-centred, spineless and demented fools are trying to hold up a perfectly harmless and really rather lovely windfarm near Lenchwick, the wind energy industry is streaking ahead, producing more and more clean, green energy. And that's very good news for everyone.
If only the sheep-like herd of VVASP supporters could be bothered to open their eyes, stop listening to the constant stream of self-serving bilge emanating from a few very dangerous individuals and embrace the exciting development, recognising it for what it is and not what Dr Fraud wants everyone to think it is, we'd all be a whole lot happier.
Don't forget - 5 gigawatts of UK electricity currently coming from wind power. Doesn't that make you smile?
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ReplyDeletehttp://www.nationalgrid.com/NR/rdonlyres/C3A81245-D988-48A4-80F2-5082F601E06D/42055/winter_consultation_report_201011_c.pdf
17. In terms of generation availability we saw a small contribution from wind generation
at the time of the demand peak, underlining the need to discount the technical availability of intermittent generation types.
We also experienced a lower than expected contribution from nuclear generation coincident with the time of the peak demand.
For both of these fuel types we go on in the report to reduce our expectation of their contribution to meeting demand compared to last years report, but we also increase the contribution of other generation types based on better than expected performance.
It doesn't look like you read very far into the report, Athena.
ReplyDelete27: 'In addition we expect to see increases in wind power generation capability taking place.'
The report acknowledges that it is only considering the contribution from windfarms that are 'currently visible to National Grid through operation metering. These windfarms have a total capacity of approximately 1586 MW'. Which is less than a third of the 5.1 GW capacity of windfarms currently available.
In an appendix, the report does in fact note that 'Installed MW Wind Capacity Scenarios' for 2010/11, 2015 and 2020 are 5735, 10434 and 14241 respectively. This indicates that the National Grid is essentially aware of the current 5.1 GW capacity (although it has not used figures based on that total) and expects wind power capacity to double in the next five years. Maybe, by 2015 it will be using the full wind power capacity in its reports, and not just a fraction of that capacity. By 2020, the report expects wind power capacity to be roughly three times what it is now and observes that the 'capacity of wind generation connected to the GB power system is increasing rapidly', adding:
'We believe that wind generation does indeed make a contribution to supporting peak demand.'
Given that the report is based on a measure of less than a third of the currently available installed wind power capacity, and the report expects that capacity to increase threefold over the course of the decade, it looks like your quick glance at report has misled you - again.