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Currently wind seems to generate anywhere between 0 and about 5GW. Not reliable enough without vast amounts of storage. http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/ http
by jonatron 10y ago
Currently wind seems to generate anywhere between 0 and about 5GW. Not reliable enough without vast amounts of storage.
http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/ http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/
- Retric 10y agoHydro storage is cheap at scale if used daily. Modern wind farms are 40-50% capacity factor in good areas and even better in terms of minimum vs median output. Yes, you will end up wasting some 'extra' power, but without fuel costs that not a significant issue. PS: UK lists 24% capacity factor (av 3.4GW or 9.3% of UK electrical production), which is very usually low and may relate to fudged numbers for installed capacity. Your link also ignores 30% of UK wind production.