Global-Date
Global-Date t1_iszgqrs wrote
Reply to comment by AnonymousWritings in Investment in wind and solar is set to outpace oil and gas drilling for the first time this year by Frubanoid
>>wind power is routinely curtailed in Scotland because at peak wind times there is more installed capacity than the grid can use,
This isn't completely true. If you look at where 'constraint payments' are paid in the UK a lot more go to Scottish farms, and hardly any to the modern offshore farms
Some of this is because the wind farms in Scotland are connected to the grid really badly. Grid infrastructure was not upgraded and so they need to be turned off more regularly. There is rumblings that this was done on purpose as the old old subsidy schemes paid a very high price to wind turbines if they needed to be shut off.
That incentive is gone in the more modern turbines so it pays for companies to ensure solid grid connectivity.
Global-Date t1_iszg2x8 wrote
Reply to comment by FindTheRemnant in Investment in wind and solar is set to outpace oil and gas drilling for the first time this year by Frubanoid
>>And building more wouldn't help since when the wind doesn't blow,
In addition to what others have said, you spread them out. So yes building more does help. So the UK is putting them all round the UK and connecting to European ones. So the wind is always blowing somewhere.
Global-Date t1_iszgtjn wrote
Reply to comment by Atom_Blue in Investment in wind and solar is set to outpace oil and gas drilling for the first time this year by Frubanoid
Except everything he said was pretty much bullshit as anyone who works in the sector can tell you