Roger wrote:
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I'm all for wind turbines as a part of the mix, but they can only be that.
We do experience periods when anticyclonic weather affects large parts of
the UK at one time.

I am not against renewable energy per se, rather the reverse in fact. It
is just that I don't think wind energy is the way to go. Unreliable,
unsightly and overly expensive for what we get. Not characteristics that
automatically elevate it to the top of the preferred option list.

Unlike TNP I am in favour of the Severn Barrage. It is claimed that this
alone could produce 10% of UK electricity demand and while that too
would be intermittent it would, within the limits of neap to spring
tides, be as absolutely dependable as any available, and, together with
a limited number of other sites spread round the coast, could satisfy
the bulk of the electricity demand 24/7.


Last time this came up, another site in the north was suggested - I
can't remember if it was the Solway, or Morecambe bay, one of those.
But when I dug it turned out the tides were a nice 6 hours away from the
Severn. Which means between them they have a steady generation rate.

The cabling to move the power around is perhaps more of an issue.

Andy