UK Wind Farms Are Overstating Their Output
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UK Wind Farms Are Overstating Their Output
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Re: UK Wind Farms Are Overstating Their Output
#2Sounds like good, old-fashioned British capitalism to me - lying is made extremely lucrative for big companies, while regulation & enforcement are only for the little people.
Re: UK Wind Farms Are Overstating Their Output
#3The curtailment periods in the UK are already a problem, particularly in Scotland where there is now not enough grid capacity. There's no point building massive farms up there now without corresponding National Grid investment, which isn't happening anywhere near fast enough.
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#4Why is there so much less tidal power.
The tides are constant, unlike wind and sun.
The UK has a lot of coast and a lot of tides.
Re: UK Wind Farms Are Overstating Their Output
#5The curtailment periods in the UK are already a problem, particularly in Scotland where there is now not enough grid capacity. There's no point building massive farms up there now without corresponding National Grid investment, which isn't happening anywhere near fast enough.
This is very interesting can you link somedata sources for funding and capacity ?
Your insightful comment is much appreciated.
Many thanks for sharing your research
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#6Jacob Reese Mogg is involved, you know there's a bit of back scratching going on there then.
Re: UK Wind Farms Are Overstating Their Output
#7Why is there so much less tidal power. The tides are constant, unlike wind and sun. The UK has a lot of coast and a lot of tides.
Tidal power is very, very expensive. It's more expensive even than nuclear power.
Re: UK Wind Farms Are Overstating Their Output
#8The curtailment periods in the UK are already a problem, particularly in Scotland where there is now not enough grid capacity. There's no point building massive farms up there now without corresponding National Grid investment, which isn't happening anywhere near fast enough.
This is very interesting can you link somedata sources for funding and capacity ? Your insightful comment is much appreciated. Many thanks for sharing your research
Re: UK Wind Farms Are Overstating Their Output
#9Why is there so much less tidal power. The tides are constant, unlike wind and sun. The UK has a lot of coast and a lot of tides.
Tidal power involves harnessing the power of corrosive sea water.
Once we work out how to do that in a cost effective way the UK is in a brilliant position. But until then it is an active area of research.
Re: UK Wind Farms Are Overstating Their Output
#10Why is there so much less tidal power. The tides are constant, unlike wind and sun. The UK has a lot of coast and a lot of tides.
https://www.orbitalmarine.com/ is one company working on it. As another comment states, working offshore unbelievably challenging (corrosion++, weather, position etc). Orbital's innovation is that the rotors move to a position where they can be serviced from the surface, rather than requiring any underwater activity, so it's a lot cheaper.