Originally posted by pjclarke
Have you considered the question of what happens when the wind doesn't blow or (as right now) blows too much? Just how would you be supplying Scotland and the North today? Today when it is chuffin freezin! All the turbines are off. The coal and gas stations that have been running in standby are now on line. When in standby they are burning fuel for nothing, they have to produce watt for watt what the turbines produce but are not online so the greens and Govt. can point and say look we have 20% renewables. We are doing our bit AND meeting our targets.
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