Thursday, February 10, 2005
UK wind power in recent press
Wind power in the UK has attracted fresh attention on recent press.
The NaREC (New and Renewable Energy Centre) website offers a link to a recent article on the FT, "Taking the wind out of fossil dependence", emphasizing that:
Both articles are worth a look, as they provide lots of interesting background on the issue.
The NaREC (New and Renewable Energy Centre) website offers a link to a recent article on the FT, "Taking the wind out of fossil dependence", emphasizing that:
"Wind energy is probably the most immediately promising of all the renewable energy technologies proposed as alternatives to the burning of traditional fuels such as coal."In its latest issue, The Economist offers a somehow different perspective in the article "breezy" (published on 3rd Feb. 2005 - Access requires subscription - article accessible using EBSCO or FACTIVA databases). On one hand it helps understanding why the FT article is upbeat about prospects for wind farms:
"BRITAIN is top of a previously unknown league: countries in which to invest profitably in wind farms, according to Ernst & Young, an accountancy firm. As a result, wind farms are spreading across the country like warm butter."On the other hand, the author states that "plans for wind farms multiply faster than evidence that they work".
Both articles are worth a look, as they provide lots of interesting background on the issue.
