Scottish Power worried about wind power
Scottish Power, one of the leading power companies in the UK says that Britain is going to need a back up for its wind power solution. Right now, Britain is aiming to install about 30 gigawatts worth of wind turbines by the early date of 2020. However, the problem is that Scottish Power says that the UK will have to come up with just as much power from another source to generate energy during calm weather periods.
Right now, the UK is relying very heavily on wind power and the growth of this industry to be able to meet the very tough deadline that the European Union has given for renewable energy goals. Thus, the UK is already promising another 525 million pounds of support for more offshore wind projects. This was included in last Wednesday’s budget plan.
Scottish Power goes on to say that the more wind turbines that Britain puts up, the more conventional power plants it will need to erect as well. Scottish Power says that just 30 gigawatts of wind power will need about 25 gigawatts of backup power in case the wind is not blowing hard enough to move the wind generators. On that same note, if the wind is blowing too hard, then the generators have to be locked down to avoid damage. During this time the UK needs another way to make energy.
The offshore wind farms are just going make up 20% of the renewable energy that the UK hopes to come up with. Scottish Power says that this is a lot of trust to put in wind farms alone.
For more information visit: www.scottishpower.com
by Jason Drew
23 April 2009
Tags: Wind power, Wind energy
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