Wind Claims Are Hot Air.

Fatal flaw in wind power.

From: Ian W Murdoch, Spring Hill, Welbury, Northallerton, North Yorkshire.

I MUST comment on the letter from Melvyn Walker (Yorkshire Post, May 27), particularly his assertion that wind-generated electricity supplied the UK with 12.5 per cent of its energy needs. I’m not sure where he obtained this so-called fact and can only assume that he has been fooled by the constant flow of propaganda from the wind lobby, aided by the DECC.There is a clear source of accurate data on the contribution which wind energy makes to the UK’s electricity demand every half hour on the National Grid’s web site, which contradicts the 12.5 per cent figure, as detailed below.At this time of year, the demand met by the Grid averaged over a week is about 33,500MW, so if wind met 12.5 per cent of this demand, it would be providing 4,187MW. However, there is only 7,136MW of wind capacity metered by the Grid, and so the wind capacity would have to operate at a constant 58.6 per cent load factor – about twice the load factor claimed by the wind lobby.The reality is that over the last 12 months, wind has contributed an average of 4.75 per cent of the UK’s electricity needs.All the figures above are 
average figures, which totally cover up the fatal flaw in regarding wind as an effective and reliable renewable contributor to the UK’s energy needs – its natural intermittency. Yorks Post.