Robin wrote:
German Wind farms produced about 7% of the energy consumed in Germany
in 2009. That is a heck of a significant delivery.

Yes but the Germans (i) legislated to make people pay for it earlier and
(ii) benefit from the ability to share with other countries through
trans-national connection schemes so there is a better chance of the
wind blowing somewhere at a time people want to use electricity.

Beter, but still not great. when an anticyclone sits over Europe, its
contnent wide.


(We of
course will have to pay through the nose for undersea connections; and
probably pay yet more because the EU is involved.)

Largely we are using those to import cheap French nuclear power.

Probably via Holland now, as well.