Power chiefs look to hydro as alternative to ‘unreliable’ wind
Posted by adminJul 15
ScottishPower executives yesterday admitted they are exploring sites for new hydro-electric schemes because of the unreliability of wind power.
The news came as Alex Salmond opened Europe’s biggest onshore wind farm, at Whitelees, in Lanarkshire, which has 140 turbines capable of producing 322 megawatts of electricity - enough to power 180,000 homes.
The First Minister said that the SNP government had approved plans to increase its capacity by 130MW, enough to power a further 70,000 homes.
However, experts concede that yeterday’s conditions - . . .
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