Well done wind

[JohnD]

Saving us a lot of money on gas

And cutting pollution

 

[Munroast]

yes they are paying me to charge up my batteries tonight

 

[JohnD]

"Malcolm Moore in London
Published 6 HOURS AGO

"The UK is set to experience a joint record stretch of negative electricity prices on Saturday as Storm Amy drives huge amounts of wind power into the grid. Wholesale power prices will be negative for 17 hours from late Friday night, matching a record set in May, with the National Grid forecasting 20 gigawatts of wind power from the storm, more than three-quarters of the country’s total electricity demand. The current record day for wind power in the UK was in December last year, when generation hit 22.5GW."

FT.com

 

[Munroast]

the more CO2 in the atmosphere, the more intense the weather will become - we need to keep burning fossil fuels to keep those turbines spinning to stay Green

 

[Highway Man]

Great until they set fire or get blown over in the storms.

 

[Highway Man]

 

[JohnD]

Near you, was it?

 

[Highway Man]

Near you, was it?

seen a few do it so yes but these are just random pics. In Hull we lead the way in wind technology. We have the huge seimens site that makes them.

 

[Highway Man]

 

[Highway Man]

Spontaneous Combustion: Wind Turbine Fires Way More Common Than Industry Claims

Efforts to portray wind turbines as ‘safe’, ‘clean’ and ‘green’ are undone by their reputation for spectacular pyrotechnic displays whenever they decide to self-immolate and turn themselves into te…

stopthesethings.com

 

[JohnD]

 

[JohnD]

 

[Mottie]

We had it quite bad down here too.

 

[Brigadier]

the more CO2 in the atmosphere, the more intense the weather will become - we need to keep burning fossil fuels to keep those turbines spinning to stay Green

We've always had wind and storms.

We've not always had the means to harvest their potential energy.

 

[Koolpc]

I can produce more wind when i have a spicy marrow bone!