WWF’s Wind Power Claims
By Paul Homewood
http://www.wwf.org.uk/about_wwf/press_centre/?unewsid=7398
A couple of months ago, WWF were bragging off that Scottish wind farms had supplied enough electricity in November to supply all Scottish homes.
I am not quite sure what “Scottish homes” has to do with anything. The wind power is there to supply the whole of the UK, and I am quite sure Scottish householders would not want to pay all of the subsidy for their wind farms, though the English bill payers would be quite happy!
WWF also misleadingly refer to “households”, without explaining that domestic demand is only about a quarter of total demand, when industry and other users are factored in. This is a trick commonly used by renewable interests, to make it sound as if wind power is producing more than it really is.
The Scientific Alliance has now produced a detailed reply, putting the WWF claims into perspective, and it can be seen here.
What really caught my eye, though, was this bit.
This, of course, is the crucial point. The go on to show this graph of just how much wind power fluctuated during the month.
Even though total wind output during November was relatively high, there were still many days when it was low.
To make matters worse, the sizeable fluctuations in demand during each day necessarily needs a supply which can be increased and decreased at short notice easily and at low cost. This is something that cannot be done with wind power.
In short, the number of minutes when wind power supplied the right amount of electricity when it was needed can probably be counted on the fingers of one hand.
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“In short, the number of minutes when wind power supplied the right amount of electricity when it was needed can probably be counted on the fingers of one hand.”
It is just those few minutes when the peaks of the red line are above the trough of the blue line.
The trouble is they can also supply too much, and then we still have to pay for it whether we want it or not!
It’s a good job there are grid lines to England to get rid of the surplus and makeup the shortfall. WWF’s claims are simply fraudulent. But so too are those of RenewableUK, DECC, all developers; the list of organisations deceiving the public goes on and on and on…..
They admit the they supply was only good for “eleven out of the 30 days in Novembe”. So for 2/3 of the time you are without. That is not something to brag about.
From David MacKay (FRS) ‘Sustainable Energy – without the hot air’:-
[My bold]
Has Prof Mackay joined us on the dark side?
Looking through his book, maybe so. He disagrees with much of the hype on sustainable, renewable sources.
Second that
.. If you make an argument, you should do it honestly.
But the ‘green’ side has a propensity for using misleading figures.
– and their own side never step in to correct the blurring …that’s why I don’t trust these pseudo Greens
Germany is doing no better: http://notrickszone.com/2015/02/05/the-chart-wind-energy-proponents-fear-youll-see-offshore-wind-turbines-stay-in-bed-4-of-every-5-workdays/#sthash.pnMzmuXX.dpbs
Reblogged this on the WeatherAction News Blog and commented:
If the WWF are so confident then their adverts about ‘endangered ‘ polar bears should only be shown when wind can actually meet the electricity demands of users.
“You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.”
― Daniel Patrick Moynihan
This is the same statement the global warming people use against skeptics. I think all it has done is water down the definition of “facts”.