Ireland, which usually exports wind power to the UK, is facing acute supply shortages and issued an amber warning yesterday signaling that the country could face blackouts
Enjoy, while you can, the sweet sight
Of your home being lit up at night
The sad reason why?
Our dwindling supply
Of power might turn out your light
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That’s what happens when you push and subsidize obsolete windmill technology instead of building an actual power plant fueled by reliable hydrocarbons.
And if you’re a smug ignoramus who think hydro carbon fuels are going to destroy the climate because that girl on the tv told you so, then I’ve got some fake vaccines for your pandemic of stupid.
There, now. Didn’t I tell yiz? I told yiz, so I did.
Looking forward to the hearing PSA-type ads on the radio along the lines of:
… “Citizens of Ireland, we need you. Go to your nearest windmill, put your bum in the air and fart”
Two main power stations are down for maintenance at the moment, it’s the lack of storage and lack of interconnecors that puts us in a knife edge. The government needs to invest in storage to flatten out the peaks and troughs of renewable generation. That costs money though.
Also the nimbys have a share in this. A recent application for a battery storage facility in Kildare was turned down, not to mention the constant anti wind turbine action, even for offshore turbines.
I am heartily in favour of sustainable energy production but why the actual feck do they keep trying to build the things on bogs?
They’re pushing for a big load of them off the Skerries/Balbriggan coast and all the complaints are ‘it’ll ruin the town’, ‘the boats won’t be able to get out of the harbour’, ‘they’ll give me migraines’ etc when the documentation explicitly says that they will be 18km out to sea, a literal dot on the horizon beyond Rockabiill lighthouse. I really hope when they collect the objections, they can throw out the absolute tosh that some people in the area have been spouting.
Honestly though, the West coast is the best place for them, so much more wind. Same with wave power, one rough weekend off Kerry or Clare with enough turbines and you’d have Ireland powered for the week with a surplus.
Eco-fantasy is not an energy policy.
The only acceptable objection would be related to the affect of construction on the marine eco-system.
bingo.
If they could say with confidence* that there would be no effect or a minimal effect that could be reversed with time (if a more suitable site couldn’t be found) then I’d be on board.
*hopefully these studies are done or ongoing.
Somewhat related – Here’s an interesting resource that shows in real-time how clean electricity is around the world and provides past, current and forecasted carbon footprint data for electricity by country. If the data is accurate, then Ireland has an extremely high carbon intensity.
https://www.electricitymap.org/map?wind=false
https://dailyfriend.co.za/2020/04/26/michael-moore-exposes-the-renewable-energy-scam/