WIND POWER

WIND POWER By Jeanne Larson Science Alert reports that on a particularly windy July 2015 day Denmark's wind farms produced between 116 and 140% of the nation's electricity requirements, and they weren't even operating at full capacity. Germany and Norway took 80% of the excess, storing the surplus in hydropower systems for later use, and Sweden took the rest.                  Oliver Joy from the European Wind Energy Association said this shows that a world powered 100% by renewable energy is no fantasy. Denmark cannot rely on wind energy to sustain it all the time, yet it * generated 39.1% of its national electricity needs ...