Category Archives: MythBusters

Myth-bust-busters or Myths about Anti Wind Turbine Myths These are taken from the PRO WIND site www.distgen.co There they claim to bust popular anti wind myths.  We’ll have some fun and expose the truth behind their thin arguments. Wind turbines … Continue reading →

Myth Busters #5 It turns out that wind and solar are by far the most expensive sources of electricity. In May 2014 Charles Frank Jr. of the think tank the Brookings Institute did a detailed cost benefit analysis of the … Continue reading →

Myth Busters #4 If we plot the total power generated by CO2 emitting generators versus the total wind power generated (2014 data) we’d expect to see a reduction in C02 as the wind generation went up. This was a bit … Continue reading →

Myth-busters #3 Data is made available by Elexon for power generation from various sources (coal, gas, nuclear and so on) including wind. This set covered some 4000 half hour periods in early Autumn 2012. This is the electrical power generated per … Continue reading →

Myth-Buster #2 Here’s an interesting  chart from the EU publication (click to enlarge)  http://www.energy.eu/publications/Energy-economic-developments-in-Europe.pdf This plots the share of non hydro-electric power generation against electricity prices for different countries. Interesting, huh? You can see that the more of these non-traditional … Continue reading →

Myth-busters #1 A wind turbine connects to a massive network of wires and equipment called the national electricity grid. This shares the energy over the whole of the United Kingdom. The supply to a home depends on local wires that run … Continue reading →