Wind farms: Britain is 'running out of wind' - Telegraph
According to government figures, 13 of the past 16 months have been calmer than normal - while 2010 was the “stillest” year of the past decade.
Meteorologists believe that changes to the Atlantic jet stream could alter the pattern of winds over the next 40 years and leave much of the nation’s growing army of power-generating turbines becalmed.
All them wind farms and guess what, Britain is running out of wind. Can we start importing wind? Perhaps generating large amounts of wind could be the next plan b.
According to government figures, 13 of the past 16 months have been calmer than normal - while 2010 was the “stillest” year of the past decade.
Meteorologists believe that changes to the Atlantic jet stream could alter the pattern of winds over the next 40 years and leave much of the nation’s growing army of power-generating turbines becalmed.
All them wind farms and guess what, Britain is running out of wind. Can we start importing wind? Perhaps generating large amounts of wind could be the next plan b.
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