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I was surprised to see that Wales is mostly orange: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power#/media/File%3AGlobal_Map_of_Wind_Speed.png https://en.wikipedia.or

by scythe 4y ago

I was surprised to see that Wales is mostly orange: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power#/media/File%3AGlobal_Map_of_Wind_Speed.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power#/media/File%3AGloba... The UK has had issues with limited transmission line capacity to Scotland which had led me to think that most of the generation potential was up there.

robhawkes 4y ago
I live in North Wales so can confirm it's pretty windy here and we have a few onshore wind farms around here too. We've also a few decent-sized wind farms just off the coast like Gwynt y Mor. The Scotland thing is interesting as there's definitely issues with transmission constraints over the B6 boundary, though there's still benefits to building more wind farms for local consumption and/or storage as more batteries (especially) and pumped hydro capacity is added to the mix. Plus the National Grid have plans to expand capacity through to 2030 but I had to admit that's at the limit of my knowledge.