It's very clear how desperate green tech advocates are to paint the current developments as a win for the climate. But by doing so they only reinforce the status quo.
There are a number of larger countries generating a lot of their electricity from wind and solar. The ones listed happen to be dominated by hydro and, in the case of Iceland, geothermal.
For example, the UK routinely generates 20 to 50% of its electricity from wind https://grid.iamkate.co Don't know where the average is this year, but the Office of National Statistics (ONS) of the UK says, for 2020, before the installation of further wind farms: "Wind energy generation accounted for 24% of total electricity generation (including renewables and non-renewables) in 2020" https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/articles/windenergyintheuk/june2021
The UK didn't make it into the list because it doesn't get to 100% of its electricity from renewables. But the fraction is a large and growing double-digit percent. There's still a fraction from coal (dwindling fast), gas, and nuclear. A number of other countries are in a similar situation: improving fast.
I don't plan on touching them whilst grounded so I'm not too concerned, but I am now wondering if I can just put up an antenna and steal power. Screw solar and wind, our house will be powered by MEDIUM WAVE BABY!
I apologize for the inactivity here, but I wanted to post this right and it took time. This footage is from the 2023 Pinwheel and Kite Festival in Nanhu Park, Tangshan, Hebei, northern China. Mr. Tao is filming his daredevil friend going up with a giant kite tethered to a car, which looks equal parts awesome and terrifying. Like most of my #windpower posts, don't try this at home!
Yesterday 26.3.2024 was a bad day for #windPower in #Finland. With over 6.000 MW total installed capacity, net generation was negative by about 20 MW for a few hours around noon.
In the evening winds increased and at the moment wind is the largest source of power providing over 3.000 MW, covering more than a third of total domestic generation. https://www.fingrid.fi/en/electricity-market/power-system/
Similar situation in the UK: solar panels peak production is when the heat pump (#ASHP) needs the least power (just for hot water).
In the #UK, Winters are windy, and harvesting energy from wind would be ideal. Alas, current options aren't suitable: either a massive mast with large blades away from buildings to avoid turbulences (at a huge expense), or nothing.
Installers have so far been reluctant to offer any rooftop options, stating these don't work in practice and end up as net consumers of electricity (some need power to spin up when wind picks up), citing various council-driven initiatives that ended up with wind turbines being sold for scrap after a couple of years.
If someone comes up with a relatively inexpensive rooftop wind turbine capable of operating under turbulent wind input as expected around houses, that would transform domestic energy supply in windy countries like the UK. A huge business opportunity.
In 2000, ND was estimated to have enough wind to double US electrical output. Just ND. But hey! then they discovered #tarsands and no one was willing to invest in transmission.
The primary driver of energy demand is #climateadaptation. Not AI, not crypto, although they are crazy big.
The EU installed a record 16.2 GW of wind power capacity last year, and WindEurope expects this to grow to an average of 29 GW/year in the period up to 2030.
Permitting is speeding up, grids seen as the main bottleneck now. #windpower#windenergy#renewables#renewableenergy
#Japan's🇯🇵new bladeless #WindTurbine💨 developed by @challenergy can survive even the fiercest typhoon🌀--a godsend to those who champion alternative (non-nuclear) sources of #energy
#Renewableenergy is approaching an important possible inflection point... what happens when #windfarms reach the end of their (expected) technical lifespan?
Do owners of early windframs (often in prime wind locations) invest in upgraded & now much more efficient (if expensive) new installations, or will they walk away having already earned a return... & if the latter, what happens with those sites; will they remain wind farms ?
This may become the key Q. for #windpower this decade.
Chinese man soars across sky while flying giant kite during daring stunt by Mr. Tao (files.catbox.moe)
Newsflare, JWPlayer #windpower