The Areas Where Labour Wants To Build Onshore Wind Farms, Mapped
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on inews.
This is the sub-heading.
Ten onshore wind projects have been proposed to help keep UK on track to have at least 95 per cent clean power by 2030.
This is the first paragraph.
The Government is bracing for its biggest nimby battle yet as onshore wind farm companies work on a flurry of proposals after an effective ban on development was lifted in England.
I suggest you take the time to read the well-written informative article, if you are worried about onshore wind farms being parked on the hill behind your house.
The first ten are provocative and there is a map of their locations, which are mainly in Scotland and Wales, on the Pennines and in Lincolnshire.
This paragraph in the article, quotes government data on the cost of various forms of energy.
They estimate that over the entire course of a project’s life, onshore wind costs £38 per mega watt hour of energy, compared to £44 for offshore and £41 for solar. Gas, meanwhile, is £114, while nuclear is £128.
I don’t have any other real data, but it does appear that floating offshore wind farms have a higher capacity factor, which should tip the cost comparison back in its favour.
But I do suspect that Ed Miliband will use these figures to increase the amount of onshore wind in the ?UK and especially n England.
As larger turbines are being tested by the Chinese and Siemens, I suspect too, that we’ll see larger turbines installed onshore.
I also believe as a Control Engineer, that as the number of large turbines increases, we will see more energy storage built alongside wind farms.
The Anonymous Widower 
On several days this month already we have thrown away over 100GWh of wind in a single 24hr period due to grid constraints and on multiple other days its been over 80GWh/day. Mr Millibrand needs to sort out the grid constraints first before we just keep on adding more renewables. Yes we now have 2xEastern Greenlinks authorised by OFGEM but they are FIVE years away and at best they neutralise todays problem but provide no extra capacity for all these additional sites that are being proposed so we will be back to square one.
I’ll keep on my stuck record that we need a CEGB MkII to deliver net zero if we both want to realise that goal and do it for lowest possible price.
Comment by Nicholas Lewis | December 26, 2024 |
A practical solution would be to identify those wind farms, that are being paid the most to be shut down and use that money to kick-start the building of energy storage at these wind farms or where their power comes ashore.
I’m sure Goldman Sachs would help out with funding for one of Highview Power’s 200 MW/3.25 GWh liquid air batteries.
Comment by AnonW | December 26, 2024 |