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   Adam Whyte-Settlar  wrote in   
   news:394b65dc-4968-4015-b828-b080fc3f6d04@googlegroups.com:   
      
   >   
   > Renewable energy in Scotland from wind farms, hydro power plants and   
   > other clean technologies provided the single largest source of   
   > electricity to the country for the first time, in the first half of   
   > 2014, new industry figures will show on Thursday.   
   >   
   > Analysis by the trade body Scottish Renewables shows that renewables   
   > produced nearly one third more power than nuclear, coal or gas in the   
   > first six months of the year, generating a record 10.4 terawatt hours   
   > (TWh) during the six-month period.   
      
   Largely because two major power stations, one coal and one nuclear and both   
   base load providers, were offline for routine maintenance and, as was   
   pointed out on R Scotland by a professor in Strathclyde University's Dept   
   of Electrical Eng, renewables still can't provide base load and will never   
   be anything other than additional as storage is its not possible, with the   
   exception of limited hydro, to store their energy. In response, a silly   
   man from Scottish Renewables said they could store it in batteries, like   
   those used in laptop computers. Really? The same professor suggested   
   thorium reactors were a far more realistic route to securing energy needs   
   long terms with the benefits of low carbon emmissions and low waste risks.   
      
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