Windmills are rubbish, except where they're not
Wind turbines in the UK and indeed much of Europe are no panacea, for reasons widely understood.
However....
If you find yourself a market (oh I hate that word in this context) which is well interconnected from a grid point of view and also geographically larger than any weather system, then (1) there truly will always be sufficient wind somewhere, and (2) the interconnectedness means that the areas with wind can supply the areas without. Yes it needs massive "overcapacity" for generation but that is perhaps the cost of continuity of supply when reliant on inherently intermittent sources.
Grid interconnectedness is good in various other ways, as the recent cold snap(s) in parts of North America demonstrated when "almost infinitely improbable" cold weather stopped gas generation working in various places. [1]
So then all you need is *lots* of serious wind turbines.
There's been some serious analysis on this subject, damned if I can remember where though.
[1] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/11/natural-gas-customers-in-texas-get-stuck-with-3-4-billion-cold-snap-surcharge/ and various others similar
Biting the hand that feeds IT
