Weeks of WIND DROUGHT to come as Britain swelters in July HEATWAVE

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Weeks of WIND DROUGHT to come as Britain swelters in July HEATWAVE

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AS Britain continues to swelter in the heat, the blades of country’s wind turbines are turning incredibly slowly in the face of a nationwide “wind drought” which has seen a dramatic drop in the amount of energy produced.New figures compiled by Imperial College London’s Rod Gross revealed July’s wind output was down by 40 percent so far compared with the same period last year.He said: “We’ve been typically doing between two to three gigawatts of wind [generation].“At a windier time of the year we might be doing nine or 10.”The unusual stillness in the air is the result of a sustained period of high, dense pressure over the UK, according to the Met Office.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/ ... met-office
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