Wind Farms

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

O.K. MATE I WILL TAKE YOUR WORD ON IT .

[R.A.M.C.63]

tooshy there better looking than pylons

 

Sorry gulkie

they dont replace pylons, you still need pylons infact they called super pylons ( huge ) to transport the power produced by the wind mills, some areas they put them under ground, not up here in scotland cost to much up in sticks, so vote for windmills you are vote,n for more pylons, these are things they dont highlight, and the BOPs perch on these high structures, rip thier food apart, an watch for thier next dinner, great perches for swooping down over moors silently, ware lot of these things are placed, dont be fooled,

[GhEtToStar]

Wave power is the way to go it works with the tides and is far better than they big turbines. Im sure the turbines have killed thousands of birds on foggy days or being driven in to them by bop these turbines could acount for alot of losses but the windfarm wont report a few hundred pigeons dead under its turbines or they would have to admit there problematic

[Tony C]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-23648819

 

Interfering with radar!

[Guest stb-]

Europe's focus on wind power is crippling British energy users with additional costs as it is not a cost-effective way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, a report has found.

The EU has directed governments to generate 15 per cent of energy from renewable sources by 2020, leading many to focus on wind.

But wind power is unreliable and requires back-up gas power stations to maintain a consistent electricity supply, the Civitas think-tank study found.

Unreliable: A study into wind power has found that it is not a cost-effective way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions

Unreliable: A study into wind power has found that it is not a cost-effective way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions

It means energy users pay twice – once for the ‘window-dressing’ of renewables and again for fossil fuels the energy sector continues to rely on.

The study, written by economist Ruth Lea, uses Government-commissioned estimates of the cost of electricity generation to calculate the most cost-effective technologies.

Study: The report into wind power was led by Ruth Lea

Study: The report into wind power was led by Ruth Lea

Gas-fired power is the most cost-effective in the short term, while nuclear power stations become the most cost-efficient in the medium term, more than twice as cost-effective as wind.

The report concludes: ‘Wind power is expensive and yet is not effective in cutting CO2 emissions.

‘If it were not for the renewables targets, wind power would not even be entertained as a cost-effective way of generating electricity or cutting emissions. The renewables target should be renegotiated with the EU.’

The study attacks Government claims that wind power is one of the more cost-effective means of generating power. In fact, it says, it is ‘unreliable and requires conventional back-up capacity’.

The report also says wind power, backed by conventional gas-fired generation, can emit more CO2 than the most effective gas turbines running alone