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Wind energy systems and their potential in the UK

Abstract

Wind Energy systems have the potential to provide at least one quarter of our present electricity requirements. The UK has much relevant technological experience, in its Aerospace and Engineering Industry, and if a Wind Energy research and development programme were adequately funded, we could start to produce significant quantities of wind generated electricity in little more than a decade. Preliminary cost studies indicate that even at today's fuel prices, wind generated electricity is very close to being economically viable. Given the expectation that the demand for oil will exceed available supplies within the next decade, and the knowledge that present reserves of oil and gas will be largely depleted within the next generation, large increases in the real cost of fossil fuels must be anticipated in the near future. These expected fuel cost increases provide the economic justification for developing and deploying wind energy systems as rapidly as possible.
Authors:
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1977
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-79-041783
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Wind Eng.; (United Kingdom); Journal Volume: 1:4
Subject:
17 WIND ENERGY; UNITED KINGDOM; WIND POWER; WIND POWER PLANTS; AVAILABILITY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; COST; ECONOMICS; PLANNING; ENERGY SOURCES; EUROPE; POWER; POWER PLANTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; 170100* - Wind Energy- Resources & Availability (Climatology); 170400 - Wind Energy- Economic, Industrial, & Business Aspects
OSTI ID:
6496247
Research Organizations:
Reading Univ., Eng.
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: WIEND
Submitting Site:
TIC
Size:
Pages: 235-240
Announcement Date:
Mar 01, 1979

Citation Formats

Musgrove, P. Wind energy systems and their potential in the UK. United Kingdom: N. p., 1977. Web.
Musgrove, P. Wind energy systems and their potential in the UK. United Kingdom.
Musgrove, P. 1977. "Wind energy systems and their potential in the UK." United Kingdom.
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