U.K. offshore wind park may generate power cheaper than by burning coal

Re:U.K. offshore wind park may generate power cheaper than b... by benj111 on Friday September 20, 2019 @08:33AM (#21025952)

Nothings guaranteed.

Worst case scenario for Britain would be a period of little wind in the North sea, in Winter. That would be unusual, but not unheard of.

I'm not aware of any plausible scenarios where global warming would lead to less wind, but I suppose its locally possible.

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Re:U.K. offshore wind park may generate power cheaper than b... by NeedMoreTea on Friday September 20, 2019 @11:05AM (#21027486)

Not to forget there's offshore wind on the West coast, and around Scotland too. Not so much yet, but still. The chances of no wind around the whole British Isles, encompassing Western Approaches, Irish Sea, Northern Isles and North Sea is slim. :)

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Re:U.K. offshore wind park may generate power cheaper than b... by gcthomas on Friday September 20, 2019 @02:38PM (#21029873)

Britain is connected to other countries' grids via inter-connectors, so that provides a lot of backup in the system.

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