Harness the wind to secure our future

JUDGING from newspaper letters, urban myths and misunderstanding abound regarding wind generation, with people thinking fossil fuel generation is working flat out day and night, regardless of energy generated by wind farms.

Demand for electricity and the amount of energy generated by wind farms varies considerably, but both are predictable by forecasting the weather.

This means that a very small amount of spinning reserve is required, which can accept load within seconds. Further generation, which takes several hours to start up, is brought on line in time to suit the predicted load, with the most efficient power stations given priority.