A bad week for moneygrubbers

[Doggy Styles]

Going by the size of Whitelee ( 40mw output on average , 55km^2 land size ) which theoretically produces 1% of Scotland's energy requirements at 18% efficiency we have to cover .8% of Scotland (78,387 km² ) in wind farms, I note that the efficiency can sometimes drop to 6% so we have to cover a 2.5% of Scotland in this...

Assuming that 1% of Scotland's need is met by 55 km², then 100% would be 5500 km² wouldn't it?

Which is not 0.8% of Scotland but 8% .

Or have I misunderstood something?

[minestrone]

Assuming that 1% of Scotland's need is met by 55 km², then 100% would be 5500 km² wouldn't it?

Which is not 0.8% of Scotland but 8% .

Or have I misunderstood something?

That is actually what I first put down, 5 minutes later doing something else I reflected on the calculations and thought "I've made an error, that can't be true" and went in for a hasty edit.

[Doggy Styles]

That is actually what I first put down, 5 minutes later doing something else I reflected on the calculations and thought "I've made an error, that can't be true" and went in for a hasty edit.

Easily done.

It certainly changes the vista up there. The bens, the glens, the wilderness with its giant white propellers...