All at sea about wind and solar farms

A LITTLE knowledge is a dangerous thing. Claims made by environmentalists about the so-called virtues of large-scale wind and solar farms simply demonstrate engineering and technical ignorance, compounded by a serious misunderstanding of how the electricity-generating industry functions.

It is an irrefutable fact that due to the variability of the weather, wind and solar cannot, and will never, ensure security of supply for UK electrical energy. The current UK energy strategy should predominantly be efficient gas-fired power stations of the combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) variety, supported by hydro and tidal schemes. CCGT power stations are 60% less polluting than their coal-fired cousins and are relatively quick and cheap to build. Until genuine green generation can be achieved, such as nuclear fusion, then gas-fired CCGT power stations should predominate.

Dave Haskell

Cardigan