Passing the buckon wind energy
Monday August 20 2007
He suggested other, moresuitable, ways to use windpower, which do not require a constant output of electricity. It was disappointing, therefore, to read in Emmet Egan's letter, on behalf of the Irish Wind Energy Association, that the Irish solution to the problem is to pass the buck to Eirgrid, because it has the spare capacity to cope when the wind drops.
Is the Irish wind industry not making any attempt at all to look at other alternatives for using the output from their wind farms?
It was consoling to read in your business pages that Eirgrid has the power to meet winter peak demand, even if the wind drops as we are in the middle of cooking the Christmas dinner.
Catherine McMullin
Killorglin
Co Kerry
