Impossible for us to resist a report called New reports debunk wind energy myths considering our normal jaundiced view of conventional wisdom.
Several of the most long-standing arguments against the expansion of wind power in the UK were comprehensively debunked today, with the release of two new reports arguing that wind intermittency will not undermine grid reliability and that small-scale turbines have the potential to power more than 800,000 homes.
The first study, which was commissioned by a coalition of green groups including WWF UK, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and the RSPB and carried out by energy consultant David Milborrow, concluded that the National Grid will be able to cope with a huge increase in wind capacity across the UK without any compromise in reliability, nor a large increase in "conventional" backup power plants.
One thing we like is putting the kabosh on the catastrophic whinger school of energy costs, i.e. most of the mainstream press, who stress the costs and never any benefits:
the report calculates that the costs associated with wind variability are far lower than widely anticipated, predicting that even with wind providing 20 per cent of the UK's electricity bills would rise by just two per cent.
Two percent to save the earth? Sign us up Scotty!
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