Wind power—a flawed technology

Wind power is marketed crudely and aggressively: most people say they think it is a good thing so, therefore, it is. The extravagant claims are made by celebrities, not engineers. An evaluation of the experiments in Denmark and Germany reveals a less than rosy picture even in papers written by the technology’s proponents.

All the documents in this section are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

• Wind Report 2005
  E.On Netz,  2005
  The annual report of the German grid operator which states the need for 90% of the installed wind capacity to be provided by traditional power stations, which are permanently on line.
• Wind Report 2004
  E.ON Netz,  2004
  Annual Report of German grid operator which links grid instability, low productivity and high costs to increases in wind capacity
• CO2 Emissions Reduction: Time for a Reality Check?
  by Malcolm Keay
  published by Oxford Institute for Energy Studies,  2005
• Reduction in Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Estimating the Potential Contribution from Wind-power
  by David White BSc, CEng, FIChemE
  Published by the Renewable Energy Foundation,  2004
• Danish Wind: Too Good to be True?
  by David White
  Published by the Utilities Journal,  2004
• Impact of Wind Power Generation in Ireland on the Operation of Conventional Plant and the Economic Implications
  Published by ESB National Grid,  2004
  An analysis of the impact of increasing amounts of wind generation in Ireland.
• Wind in Western Denmark
  Hugh Sharman
  Incoteco (Denmark) ApS,  2004
  An evaluation of the Danish experiment with wind energy.
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