An electrician (who I don't believe) told me if there's too much power on the grid, they use wind turbines as fans to absorb extra power. Is this really true? Aren't there plenty of power stations they can just turn down a bit? Take your foot off the gas so to speak?I was also disturbed to hear from him it costs £700 to install smart meters into each home. And in the UK that comes from green tax. Shouldn't that tax be being spent on making more green energy, building new wind farms?

Possibly a bit more for both gas and electricity but around the right ball park figure.It's always been the case that they had to replace non-smart meters every so often - at one time I think the target was every 10 years. I had a friend who worked for BG and one of his jobs was to organise routine meter replacements (long before smart meters). When it became my turn to have my gas meter replaced I somehow managed to get an appointment that suited me :) And in the UK that comes from green tax.Shouldn't that tax be scrapped to make our bills cheaper.It used to be spent on giving us all free CFL light bulbs.

Wind turbines used to absorb a power surplus?

Mar 18, 2023 Last reply: 3 years ago 893 Replies

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Commander Kinsey 3 years ago

Or recycle them to make more blades.

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Commander Kinsey 3 years ago

Which could just as easily run on electricity.

It is a limited supply.

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Commander Kinsey 3 years ago

I doubt a blade costs as much as enough fuel to run a power station for 3 months.

At current costs, wind turbines are actually 10 times cheaper than average.

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Commander Kinsey 3 years ago

Yip, I know a guy like that, makes model trains from melted down drinks cans and milk bottles. The trains look better than Hornby ones.

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