| Whoops on 09:19 - Sep 8 with 998 views | ElderGrizzly |
It's almost like a Government with ties to the fossil fuel industry have made it unattractive to invest in wind power |  | |  |
| Whoops on 09:23 - Sep 8 with 983 views | WeWereZombies |
| Whoops on 09:19 - Sep 8 by ElderGrizzly |
It's almost like a Government with ties to the fossil fuel industry have made it unattractive to invest in wind power |
The article does suggest that similar lack of investment in offshore wind is happening elsewhere in Europe, the income stream from electricity is not sufficient apparently. So I think the fault is with global capitalism rather than localised policy. |  |
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| Whoops on 11:21 - Sep 8 with 836 views | WeWereZombies |
'The government said a "global rise" in inflation impacting supply chains had "presented challenges for projects".
It said while offshore and floating offshore wind projects did not feature on the agreed deals list, the outcome was "in line with similar results in countries including Germany and Spain".'
So the BBC report uses a press release from Whitehall but does not see any reason to challenge it, I guess because the issue is the appetite for investing in the infrastructure by big business rather than the exploitation of existing infrastructure by power networks (which the article you posted shows is going well in Ireland, in Scotland too by all accounts.)
Sadly the issue that rarely comes to the fore is the severe impact that large turbines can have on wild life and wild land. There is an environmental cost to the large volumes of concrete used for bases, the impact of access roads and ancillary buildings etc, plus the fossil fuel load that goes into the manufacture and upkeep of all the equipment. They are part of a solution but there is a long way to go before the use of wind is optimised and takes a balanced place in the use of renewable energy - to say nothing of the necessity to educate everyone on how to get more power out of less energy. | |
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| Whoops on 11:34 - Sep 8 with 813 views | ElderGrizzly |
| Whoops on 11:21 - Sep 8 by WeWereZombies |
'The government said a "global rise" in inflation impacting supply chains had "presented challenges for projects".
It said while offshore and floating offshore wind projects did not feature on the agreed deals list, the outcome was "in line with similar results in countries including Germany and Spain".'
So the BBC report uses a press release from Whitehall but does not see any reason to challenge it, I guess because the issue is the appetite for investing in the infrastructure by big business rather than the exploitation of existing infrastructure by power networks (which the article you posted shows is going well in Ireland, in Scotland too by all accounts.)
Sadly the issue that rarely comes to the fore is the severe impact that large turbines can have on wild life and wild land. There is an environmental cost to the large volumes of concrete used for bases, the impact of access roads and ancillary buildings etc, plus the fossil fuel load that goes into the manufacture and upkeep of all the equipment. They are part of a solution but there is a long way to go before the use of wind is optimised and takes a balanced place in the use of renewable energy - to say nothing of the necessity to educate everyone on how to get more power out of less energy. |
Basically the Government set the 'guarantee' price so low that no-one wanted to bid.
Now what is going to happen is the next round of bids, they are going to have to set the price much higher, meaning higher profits for private companies.
Or they could, as a number of experts have pointed out, invest in it themselves rather than throw it all over to the private market and their profits. | | | |
| Whoops on 11:50 - Sep 8 with 785 views | ArnieM |
Oh well, I guess all the MP’s will keep their shares in Shell, British Gas, et al then! |  |
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