The Great Wind Farm Disaster (ctd.)By James DelingpoleThe Telegraph Jun. 16, 2010 |
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Heard a great story the other day from Matt Ridley, author of the absolutely essential The Rational Optimist. He bumped into an engineer who was hoping to land one of the lucrative contracts for the massive, insanely expensive offshore wind farm programme which Dave’s new “Greener Than Anyone” administration hopes will reduce Britain’s carbon footprint while simultaneously creating that the philosopher’s-stone-type marvel that some men do call Green Jobs. “What’s the chance of them being built on time?” Ridley asked. “Zero,” said the engineer. “And once you’ve stuck these things in the sea-bed, how long do you think they’ll last?” Ridley asked. “Oh, virtually no time at all.” “So if these offshore wind farms are going to be impossible to put up and are going to fall down as soon as you do, why are you vying for this multi-billion pound government contract?” asked Ridley. “Duh,” said the engineer. When Mary Tudor died, she predicted, they would find Calais engraved on her heart. My prediction when my old mucker Dave Cameron pops off, they will find “wind farms” engraved on his. Of all the damage his lousy administration will do to this country of ours, none will be so mighty, permanent or thoroughly inexcusable as his wind farm programme. Here’s further cause for gloom from the excellent German blogger P Gosselin, whose reports on what’s happening in Germany gives us an idea of the disasters coming our way soon. Originally estimated to cost €189 million, the Alpha Ventus park has been plagued by cost overruns and delays. In late summer and autumn of 2008, bad weather made installation of the first 6 turbines impossible. Then the equipment to install the monster turbines was not available. Next there were major problems with the transformer facilities.Amen, brother. |