MYTH

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MYTH

• We cant meet our future targets without a
  massive wind power programme
• FALSE

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TYNDALL CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCHImpact
of integrating renewables CHP into the UK
transmission networkby Wu, Jenkins and Strbach,
2002
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DTI Renewables Innovations Review February 2004
TARGET 80-88TWh, POSSIBLE 161TWh/yr or
twice what is needed
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Overall conclusions (1)

• Our wind resource is poor despite being better
  than other EU countries
• Wind pattern does not fit the power profile of
  wind turbines
• Wind cant work without back-up or our economy
  will collapse
• The more wind built the more back up we need
• Building 7,000 w/ts and the extra back up will
  cost 200 billion at today's prices
• Wind cant replace base load generation
• Wind saves very little, if any, CO2
• There are alternatives for generation and CO2
  saving

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OVERALL CONCLUSIONS (2)

• Renewable electricity targets should be scrapped
  as a means of reducing CO2
• They could be replaced by Regional targets for
  CO2 abatement
• This would open up opportunities such as
  efficiency schemes, local incentives, alternative
  renewables which would engender a sense of local
  participation and ownership
• This would remove the need for the divisive,
  pointless, and widespread plunder of our
  countryside

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This may be the right place for turbines but
Moudy Mea is certainly not
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so GO for it and win
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Low Wood weir on the River Leven
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Low Wood leat on the River Leven
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Low Wood leat on the River Leven
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Low Wood turbine housing
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Low Wood turbine (1 of 3) on River Leven
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Backbarrow weir on the River Leven
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Backbarrow leat on the River Leven
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Three modern turbines at Backbarrow, River Leven
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DEFINING THE PROBLEM

• Aging generating plant
• Dwindling UK oil gas reserves
• Rising electricity demand
• No central authority
• Climate change
• Inadequate current renewables programme

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IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE WINDFARMS CAN SOLVE OUR
PROBLEMS.
YOU PROBABLY ALSO BELIEVE IN FAIRIES!