Wind turbines not up to strong winds

[Kayleigh]

Well well, is this a sign of the things to come this is what happened to a turbine in the Scotland gales.

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http://news.stv.tv/scotland/west-cen...-hit-scotland/

[John D]

Scotland had been battered today by severe force gales and in some instance this has been too much for 'windgeneration.

See -- BBC News - In pictures: Scotland battered by winter storm -- and press LHS arrow to see the effect of too much wind for windturbines.
Hardly a good advert!

John D

[rossy]

how much is that going to cost the consumer ? real sore point for me , as they are planning to expand the turbines on scout moor near me, and surprise surprise , the council are in approval, now i wonder are they in cahoots with peel holdings ? as it turns out they were asked questions , but none had any answers, local fishermen have also reported that they are not catching any fish , and blame the turbines, my beef is the loss of habitat, as birds no longer breed up there. its a disgrace. these folk dont give a damn, only how much money they will profit, people in britain , which are estimated at 25% now have to use candles as they cant afford the electric to be on , its about time this government woke up. and deal with the issues in THIS COUNTRY instead of whats going on in other countries. rossy.

[Lancashire Lad]

It beggars belief that here, in the 21st century, more than 25% of the households of England & Wales, are officially classed as being in fuel poverty.

Just dwell upon that figure for a while, and then ask the question - Why are successive governments of this nation so blinkered in their intent to have more than 22% of the nation's electricity supplied from a source that is not only one of the most expensive forms of large scale generation currently available, but is also without question, the least efficient form of large scale generation currently available.

We have, (and have had for the last thirty years) in the form of civilian nuclear power, a proven technology which is far less costly, and far far more efficient.

Let there be no misconception here, the installation of such excessive amounts of wind power around the UK has nothing whatsoever to do with environmentalism. But it has everything to do with short sighted (and now completely binding) agreements with the European Union, to have 15.4% of our nations energy (including some 22% of our total electricity generation) derived from renewables by the year 2020.

It also has everything to do with the fact that years and years of prevarication have gone on, when instead, committment to building several new civilian nuclear generating plants could have been given. - Plant which would now be well on the way to completion, giving our nation a secure and competitive electrical generating capacity to stand us in good stead for the next fifty years.

But no, they sit on their backsides for years doing nothing, and then the penny finally drops - we don't now have the time to build the necessary nuclear plant before the 2020 deadline. Oh well, just sanction several hundred billion pounds worth of 22% efficient wind power then. (Which, by the way, will also be nowhere near completed by that deadline, but that's another story!!).

And finally, it has everything to do with the farcical ROC and FIT subsidy schemes, which effectively pay the energy providers to install wind power, (and its inevitable fossil fuel powered back-up plant ), with the customer paying over the odds for their eventual usage.

Regards,
Mike.

[The Woodman]

No quite at your intellectual level, LL, but take heart - nuclear installations don't do this in gale force winds.

See the last image (13) in this sequence.

BBC News - In pictures: Scotland battered by winter storm

[Lancashire Lad]

Originally Posted by The Woodman

No quite at your intellectual level, LL, but take heart - nuclear installations don't do this in gale force winds.

See the last image (13) in this sequence.

BBC News - In pictures: Scotland battered by winter storm

Perhaps just as well.

Although quite spectacular, this incident is by no means unique. - Several such wind turbine fires can be seen on U-Tube videos etc., with more to be found on single image photos.

Regards,
Mike.

[Littlesparrow]

Sounds like a design fault, back to the drawing board me thinks.

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by Littlesparrow

Sounds like a design fault, back to the drawing board me thinks.

No! its just the wrong kind of wind.

[earthdragon64]

Just to add a little balance, yesterdays winds were exceptional, the worst for 15 or 20 years depending on which news channel you watch. Quite a few trees were blown down, as were gable ends of houses, walls etc, better stop planting trees and building walls just in case they fall down the next time we get hurricane force winds in about 2026.

Just as well nuclear power isn't vulnerable to natural phenomena isn't it.

Regards, Audrey.

[John D]

Just as well that we have nuclear, coal and gas fired power stations etc as very few in any of the wind generators would be contributing to our power needs yesterday.
When is the 'penny going to drop' and the 'authorities waken up' to the fact that wind generation is the least reliable,not sustainable and the most expensive of all electricity power sources.

Yesterday it was announced that it would cost £11bn + if the Scottish Parliament was to meet its alternative generation aims, most of which is based on WIND.
The mind boggles!

John D
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