Ill winds generate little electricity
The Press & Journal, 20 April 2024
Sir, – Herbert Petrie (Letters, April 17) is wrong when he claims that Scotland “can generate electricity for 25 million homes every day”.
Most of Scotland’s generating capacity is wind power and there are scores of days each year when the country is becalmed – often at night when there’s no solar energy. For example, on 24 Feb at 23.55, UK wind turbines across the land and sea with a capacity of 23,076 MW were generating a minuscule 160 MW and this low wind event lasted at least 17 hours.
Geoff Moore,
Alness.
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