charles wrote:
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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"

well with a typical power station being somewhere upwards of a Gw, and
our total energy needs as a country running at an estimated 300GW, I
cant see those making a huge difference to anything.