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Biggest glaring problem for me is that they think it's somehow feasible to build on 7% of all land (for wind and solar combined). The current estimate of all l
by adwf 3y ago
Biggest glaring problem for me is that they think it's somehow feasible to build on 7% of all land (for wind and solar combined).
The current estimate of all land built on in the UK is only 8%, they think it's doable to nearly double that?
- nl 3y agoIt's not "building on" in the "estimate of all land built on" sense. It's putting windfarms in existing agricultural land, where the farmland remains but has windmills in it too. [1] gives a range of around 5MW/km2 to 20MM/km2, which assuming 10MW turbines is roughly 1 turbine per square km. [1] https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/Articles/I/WindSpacing.pdf https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/Articles/I/Wind...
- adwf 3y agoYes, but that's still kinda crazy. One turbine every square km means you'd never be out of sight of a turbine anywhere in the country... No unspoilt views, no hilly (therefore windy) landscape untarnished, etc.