Drolldums

By Drolldums

From Brighton to Caernarvon

Not the name of a tune but a broad swath where wind speeds are too low to generate significant power, one suspects. Winds look healthier in other areas. The secret is having sufficient distributed capacity (and a means of storing energy when in surplus.

One such method that springs to mind is electrolysis of sea-water to provide hydrogen gas for storage (and year-round use to power electric vehicles, which would otherwise be limited by their battery range or the length of their extension cords).

Of course such a system is more 'expensive' when judged by our present narrow economic measures, but not only do they fail to take into account the hidden costs of anthropogenic climate change but can't even cope with the geopolitical costs of relying on fossil fuels from dodgy neighbours...

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