We could lead the way with wave and tide power which is more relaible than wind and would not involve importing expensive unreliable machines.Wave power equipment can be made in this country right now if the will-power was there.Tides are predictable,wind is not and is intermittent at best.All along the Atlantic coast we have a constant swell which can be harnessed.
Photovoltaic power generation is a dubious option given our weather but we can produce lots of hot water by solar power at the domestic level and a solar water heater can be made by anyone who can hold a hammer. I have an industrial size solar water pump which works fine but needs large tanks for storage, not an option for most homes.

He’s the only irishman man i know thats
gone to london recently not looking for a job! Hopefully the windfarms will be built out at sea and not in front of anyones home, if so there must be a way to camoflage them like we do the cellular masts. Some of those fake trees look good !!!

Apparently Britain wants us to build a load of wind farms off the west coast according to the Guardian.

“A few months after Greece was seized by its debt crisis, Prime Minister George A. Papandreou had a grand idea to revive growth: sun-drenched islands would be dotted with solar panels and wind turbines to transform the country into a ‘green economy,’ attracting badly needed investments and creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs.”

Great loan us the money , we can generate the jobs , expertise and low cost clean energy thank you.

More wind farm madness just as the Danes and Germans get out we get in.

About a fifth of the electricity produced annually in Denmark is generated by wind. Of this, just over a half can be used directly within national borders over the year. The rest must be exported (often at much reduced prices) to preserve the integrity of domestic grids
Dr V.C. Mason

Denmark then imports power at times, 9% of it which is largely from sources using nuclear reactors.

Exporting of electricity cost Danish consumers about DKK 1 billion in 2003, There were 83 hours in 2007 when wind electricity was sold for nothing

This bit from John O’Sullivan in Oz made me chuckle “Ultra-green Denmark admits it has no idea what to do with a worrisome mountain of old and broken wind turbine blades. The composite material can’t be recycled.”

Remember the very cold and icy days of last winter? Wind was producing nothing.