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Old 31st Oct 2007, 06:33
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aviate1138
 
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Denmark has more wind turbines and is the leading producer of turbines and yet they have not closed down one Power Station in the 25 years of growing wind power generation. In fact when the wind drops they have to buy electricity from Norway, Germany and Sweden! The amount of WTE [Wind turbine Energy] claimed by the Greenies and reality are miles apart.

On a yearly basis the efficiency when feeding the UK National Grid [many problems with variable output and AC stability] means that the Wind Farm Production figure is between 8% and 4%! Steam/Gas/Oil turbines run at around 94/96% by comparison.

WTE kills migrating birds in their thousands, are a noise issue to anyone living nearby and are a blot on remote landscapes.
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