Wind
Main advantages
- Renewable
- Little to no emissions
- Low operating costs
Main disadvantages
- Is not a controllable source for electricity because it depends on the wind blowing, which leads to a low utilisation factor and high capital costs per kWh
- Has very high investment costs and often requires investment in new network capacity
- Requires flexible back-up capacity to generate energy when wind generation fluctuates
- Impacts the landscape and seascape
Did you know?
Vattenfall is the largest Nordic wind power generator, and one of the biggest in Europe. The 478 wind turbines in Denmark, Sweden and Finland currently generate about 870 GWh of electricity annually. With the builidng of the wind-power farm at Lillgrund in Öresund, Vattenfall will stand for 42 per cent of total Nordic wind power generation.
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