[Gllug] [OT] Technobabble

[Frank Scott]

On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 04:35:20PM +0000, Rich Walker wrote:
> Nix <nix at esperi.org.uk> writes:
> 
> 
> > - Wind: doesn't scale, quite costly, can't generate power on
> > demand. Plus getting planning permission is hellish because everybody
> 
> 
> A slightly unusual article in one of the IEE mags a while ago reported
> the results of a statistical analysis of 100 (I think) years of UK wind
> records.
> 

   www.eci.ox.ac.uk/renewables/UKWind-Report.pdf


> The results: if you build wind turbines *everywhere*, you can cover a
> significant fraction of base load. It turns out that we've never had a
> non-windy day in the UK, just localised calm spots.
> 
  
Frank

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