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In article , dennis@home
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"J G Miller" wrote in message
news On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:31:57 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
WE have totally inadequate wind rain and places to generate hydro
pwer.

Then why did there used to be a power utility called The North of
Scotland Hydro-Electric Board which generated and distributed
electrical energy to Northern Scotland?

We have hydro plants on streams that can generate a couple kilowatts,
it doesn't mean we can supply the whole country with clean power. They
are just inadequate for the job.

The above organisation, in its current guise of Scottish & Southern
Energy, has just commissioned a new 100MW hydro scheme at Glendoe and
hopes to turn the existing Sloy scheme (at 153MW - the biggest in the
country) into a pumped storage one. so much for "streams generating a
couple of kilowatts"


You can not supply enough hydro electric power in the UK for it to solve
our energy problems. It is inadequate even if you dam every valley.

whoever suggested you could? However, it does make a significant
contribution to the UK's energy pool. Scotland creates more than it uses
and exports the surplus to England.

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