Over the past decade, the UK has seen a rapid deployment of renewable energy sites. Solar and wind farms are being rolled out at scale and, on the surface, it’s a clean, green revolution. But step behind the glossy headlines and you’ll find an uncomfortable truth: the power infrastructure supporting these sites is being built to a dangerously low standard.
This isn’t just about cutting corners – it’s about systemic failure in how we treat the backbone of renewable power delivery.
What is the point of wind and solar on the grid? Up-to-date several trillions have been spent around the world to obtain electricity that is more expensive and less reliable with a massive environmental footprint. This could have been avoided if the wind farmers and bothered to check the reliability of the wind in the way that prudent dirt farmers don’t attempt to grow crops in drought-prone areas.
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