Anmar Frangoul. (2016). Scottish wind turbines produced enough energy to power country for an entire day. Retrieved from http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/11/scottish-wind-turbines- produced-enough-energy-to-power-country-for-an-entire-day.html on September 3, 2016.
On an especially windy day this year, Scotland produced enough energy from its wind turbines alone to power the entire country for that day. Scotland has the goal of having half of its energy be renewable by 2030, and needs political support for that to happen. The country has invested 2.6 billion euros to build an offshore an offshore wind farm, which would largely increase their amount of renewable energy.
This article focused on switching from nonrenewable resources over to renewable ones, primarily wind energy. This has to do with environmental science because wind is renewable, whereas coal, oil, and others are not. Switching over to solely renewable resources can help lower Scotland’s carbon footprint, therefore having less of a negative impact on the Earth and atmosphere.
It’s impressive just how much energy can be generated with the right conditions. Great to hear they’re serious about investing in non-renewable sources. You mentioned about the need for political support. Were there any difficulties in getting the government on board with this decision?
I wonder if the US could learn from Scottland and have a day where all our energy was produced renewable. This would be a hard feat because even though Scotland accomplished this they are a much smaller less complex country than the United States.
I agree that wind energy is great in theory because it is a non pollutant and renewable. However, it is important to keep in mind that wind energy can not always function on its own given that wind is not always present.