Terrible news from Germany for the world of anti-wind turbinementalists.
It appears that despite strenuous attempts to decry these serene giants in our landscape as being dangerous to birdies, inefficient on non-windy days and as hideous eyesores on our braw, raw and fatally beautiful land, they've been fiendishly successful.
According to Bloomberg so successful have wind turbines been in Germany that consumers are being paid to keep their lights on. 'Twice this year, the nation’s 21,000 wind turbines pumped out so much power that utilities reduced customer bills for using the surplus electricity.'
I love this, "After years of getting government incentives to install windmills, operators in Europe may have become their own worst enemy, reducing the total price paid for electricity in Germany, Europe’s biggest power market, by as much as €5 billion."
Now implicit in this reporting is the fear for the big energy companies who have been piling into renewable energy opportunities faster, than Jim Murphy's attempts to look at himself in the mirror, is their fear that cheaper energy for the consumer means a drop in their stock market value.
Michty, what a dilemma cheaper fuel for all or less profit for fat cats. Sheesh who knew caring capitalism could be so danged confusing?
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I wonder if our politicians will take note of this Mark. Germany has phased out nuclear whilst massively investing in fossil fuel generation (mainly coal) and wind/PV alternatives. Scotland is the ideal wind/coal candidate - we're self sufficient in both.
Wind's latest problem: it . . . makes power too cheap
And the reality is that you get cheaper electricity with wind - and oh by the way, wind requires no imports of fast-depleting fuels from unstable countries, spews no carbon and provides lots more domestic jobs. And it's a perfect investment for our pension needs - safe, low risk, stable, decent long term returns...
http://www.derekbeattieimages.com/p160310037/h374b2c69#h374b2c69
Beautiful shot Derek, thanks.
We have too much gas and electricity here in Scotland at the moment so our prices should be much lower if it wasn't for the let's stick to the union at any price numpties.
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