Eighteen years in power left Scotland with power grid failures, monoculture forests, and taxpayers funding energy that never reached homes. The technocrat image was always an illusion.
No I think you have misunderstood. If we can't use it, for whatever reason, then it is oversupply. There is a similar and more expensive issue in England. To be clear, I agree that the grid needs upgrading, but I understand that is a problem for Scottish power and that upgrades are underway.
I think you answered my question. We could turn off Nuclear, but we don't as it would cost more to switch it off than it does to switch off wind. To be clear we need oversupply for when usage spikes. So in fact, oversupply in wind is cheaper than oversupply in Nuclear. Which renders Deans point irrelevant.
This isn’t a question of oversupply, we need the electricity, just not in north east Scotland. But incompetent management of the energy grid means we can’t transport the power. So, I think you’ve misunderstood what that 37% figure meant.
More cherry picking of data. Seems the UK spent close to 1 billion to turn of wind farms. Also I wonder why Nuclear isn't turned off when we have over supply?
There speaks a man with even less knowledge than Sturgeon.
It's safer and cheaper to keep nuclear power running as near 100% output as possible. It can be ramped up or down if needed, but why do that?
Infrastructure has been built around nuclear power, the energy can be transmitted to where it's needed. There isn't that ability for all these new windmills in remote parts of the country.
No I think you have misunderstood. If we can't use it, for whatever reason, then it is oversupply. There is a similar and more expensive issue in England. To be clear, I agree that the grid needs upgrading, but I understand that is a problem for Scottish power and that upgrades are underway.
I think you answered my question. We could turn off Nuclear, but we don't as it would cost more to switch it off than it does to switch off wind. To be clear we need oversupply for when usage spikes. So in fact, oversupply in wind is cheaper than oversupply in Nuclear. Which renders Deans point irrelevant.
This isn’t a question of oversupply, we need the electricity, just not in north east Scotland. But incompetent management of the energy grid means we can’t transport the power. So, I think you’ve misunderstood what that 37% figure meant.
More cherry picking of data. Seems the UK spent close to 1 billion to turn of wind farms. Also I wonder why Nuclear isn't turned off when we have over supply?
There speaks a man with even less knowledge than Sturgeon.
It's safer and cheaper to keep nuclear power running as near 100% output as possible. It can be ramped up or down if needed, but why do that?
Infrastructure has been built around nuclear power, the energy can be transmitted to where it's needed. There isn't that ability for all these new windmills in remote parts of the country.