Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Whoa, windfarms in UK operate well below advertised efficiency | Watts Up With That?

Whoa, windfarms in UK operate well below advertised efficiency | Watts Up With That?

research in the UK finds that wind generation was below 20% capacity more than 1/2 of the time, and below 10% capacity over 1/3 of the time!

Cheap electrical storage would help here, ultra-capacitors or something, but at the end of the day, I think wind is not the answer. Solar, by contrast, could be, we still need massive energy storage, though.

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