THis is interesting: "The report, which may have ramifications for the UK's rapidly growing wind farm industry, concludes that instead of spending billions on building new wind turbines, the emphasis should be on making houses more energy efficient"
Of course it's the financial intruments and models thta are determinative here: it's easier to get businesses to set up wind turbines than to help power companies to see a profit in domestic energy efficiency. And finding ways to get domestic users to stump up the capital costs of more efficient energy-saving stuff and retro-fitting houses is even harder -especially in the heated UK housing market where costs are already high as a result of us living on a rather crowded island. Unless a way is found to square that circle we have a financial model which will favour incresing power production as opposed to power saving.
SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Society Environment | Report doubts future of wind power:
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