Romm : Renewable Energy Never Runs Out – Until The Wind Stops Blowing, Or It Gets Cloudy, Or The Sun Sets, Or Autumn Arrives, Or It Gets Too Cold ….

9 Responses to Romm : Renewable Energy Never Runs Out – Until The Wind Stops Blowing, Or It Gets Cloudy, Or The Sun Sets, Or Autumn Arrives, Or It Gets Too Cold ….

1. Jimbo says:

   March 21, 2011 at 9:23 pm

   “…clean renewable energy that never runs out”

   Just tell that to the Scottish who were forced to buy nuclear energy from France this winter when windpower failed them due to lack of wind.

   ‘Green’ Scotland relying on French nuclear power
   Published Date: 27 December 2010
   By Jane Bradley
   Environment correspondent
   SCOTLAND’S wind farms are unable to cope with the freezing weather conditions – grinding to a halt at a time when electricity demand is at a peak, forcing the country to rely on power generated by French nuclear plants.
   ……………………..
   Output from major wind farms fell to as low as 2.5 per cent of their potential generation capacity during the cold snap as power demand rose to close to the highest level yet recorded, new figures have revealed.
   http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/39Green39-Scotland-relying-on-French.6672024.jp

   We will see more of these kinds of stories as the years go by and governments make stupid decisions.

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   • stevengoddard says:

     March 21, 2011 at 9:32 pm

     You should post that to the bit bucket of truth on Romm’s web site.

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2. Ivan says:

   March 21, 2011 at 9:37 pm

   “…clean renewable energy that never runs out”

   Like this, you mean?
   “Wind energy supply dips during cold snap
   Britain’s wind farms have stopped working during the cold snap due to lack of wind, it has emerged, as scientists claimed half the world’s energy could soon be from renewables. ”
   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/4208940/Wind-energy-supply-dips-during-cold-snap.html
   ~9 Jan 2009

   Would “stopped working” be anything like “running out”?

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   • Mike Davis says:

     March 21, 2011 at 9:42 pm

     The wind needs time off also!

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3. gofer says:

   March 21, 2011 at 9:54 pm

   “..ongoing meltdown….” What ongoing meltdown….what meltdown? It was the exposed SPENT fuel rod ponds that were the problem. They were still on site, in part, because of all the greenie objections concerning storage.

   The nuclear “meltdown” is old news now…it’s now the Libya War. The meltdown has been cancelled for a more sensational story.

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   • stevengoddard says:

     March 21, 2011 at 9:57 pm

     I thought the world ended last week?

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     • Robert of Ottawa says:

       March 22, 2011 at 12:55 am

       No one told me. Left out of the loop as usual … [sigh]

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4. Ivan says:

   March 21, 2011 at 10:11 pm

   There is a good discussion here of just how FUBAR this whole wind power strategy is:
   “When the wind stops – the other side of the wind turbine argument”
   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthcomment/3347925/When-the-wind-stops-the-other-side-of-the-wind-turbine-argument.html

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5. Andy Weiss says:

   March 22, 2011 at 1:02 am

   Just what we need, no power during the coldest weather.

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