Extensive media exposure has made us all aware that we are facing a huge threat from the effects of global warming. The debate in the scientific community has ended.
It may already be too late to prevent dramatic changes to our world but we must try to moderate the severity of these effects by waging war on CO2 emissions and inefficient energy use.

The technology allowing the conversion of wind energy into electrical energy has come of age. This technology can now be effectively deployed in more and more situations such that almost any location in Britain can have a cost-effective wind turbine.

Nuclear power is here also but the resulting mountain of toxic waste must be securely guarded for many generations. Is this realistically possible?
The future world will have more people struggling for fewer resources. Oil shortages are likely to de-stabilise society and nobody can be sure that these toxins will not be liberated and abused in a devastating way. We must decide now where to place investment in energy delivery. The lives of those who follow depend on the decisions we make now.

Wind power is non-toxic and free. We can rest easy in our beds with wind-power! The economics make sense. How crazy is it NOT to go forward with more and more wind power? We just have to get used to how it looks.

The Government's target is 20% of energy needs from renewables by 2020. Offshore wind farms are planned but on-shore turbines are also needed. As with all power sources, back-up power is necessary. A calm day for a turbine equates to several months shutdown on safety grounds for perhaps several nuclear power stations - if they share the same design flaws. All power sources are erratic in their own way and backup is required with no exception. Wind patterns are known in advance and can be planned for in the hourly energy mix. Much energy is wasted in distribution which can be minimised by generating power where it is used.

The wind resource in Great Britain is the best in Europe and it is the one power source that isn't going to run out eventually or be witheld from us.
Public awareness of the need for renewable energy is growing and financial encouragement from the Government is here today via the ROC system but objections from a concerned minority are slowing down the approval process.

The R-Wind approach can help by including local people in their local project, financially and hopefully emotionally. This has to be a better way to deliver renewable power to the nation.