On 16/10/16 07:59, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 21:56:59 +0100, Vir Campestris
wrote:

On 10/10/2016 09:34, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
The second problem is intermittency. Not unpredictability, but the sheer
fact that the power is not coming from an energy store, but has to be
generated and used when the energy source is available. Again no amount
of clever technology cam make the wind always blow steadily or the sun
always shine, at least on the earth's surface.

You've missed hydro - not intermittent, highly dispatchable. But of
course there's the Banqiao problem...

Andy

Like pumped storage, you need the right topography and rainfall, and
we don't have enough of both together. Scotland is full of hydro
schemes, but they're all small. http://tinyurl.com/grl6cj6

There's room to convert some to pumped and to add a GW or so more hydro
if anyone can be arsed.

But it doesn't fit with the GreenVagina view that infests the Scottish
consciousness.


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