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England just not windy enough for wind farms, admits renewables boss

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Re: Tidal?

..It wouldn't take an enginnering (sic) genius ....

On the other hand, it looks as if it DOES take an engineering genius to point out that the energy density of a flowing stream is about 50 watts per square foot (assuming 10% efficiency, which is generous). That really isn't enough to harvest...

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