UK anti-wind energy report slammed
RenewableUK says that the report published today is skewed because it is written by anti-renewables campaigners
The trade association RenewableUK has slammed the anti-wind energy report published today for failing to recognise the significant role that wind energy plays in creating clean energy for the UK.
The report, called Renewable Energy: Vision or Mirage, published by the Adam Smith Institute and Scientific Alliance, says that nuclear and gas are the most viable energy sources for the near future and that wind ‘does little to reduce carbon emissions’.
Dr Gordon Edge, director of policy at RenewableUK said: “This report is simply another example of the same little clique of people repeating the same tired old arguments against renewable energy, regardless of the facts. Their report cannot be seen as an impartial piece of research - it was written by anti-renewables campaigners.”
The report even goes so far as to suggest that the UK generates electricity by importing vast quantities of expensive fossil fuels from abroad, rather than utilising the free and abundant low carbon source of wind energy that it has at its disposal.
This is because renewable energy sources "only produce power intermittently so they can’t replace gas, coal or nuclear."
RenewableUK has hit back that wind turbines generate electricity 80-85% of the time and that it’s not that the gas industry needs a more viable back-up, it needs wind energy to supplement it and deal with demand.
Images for this article - click to enlarge
Unless otherwise stated, all images copyright © Mercator Media 2012. This does not exclude the owner's assertion of copyright over the material.
