solar on windfarms?

[Mr Gus]

What is the perceived thought on solar farm amongst windfarms exactly?
(i.e has turbine sail sweep & shadow been measured as to reduced effectiveness properly in any proper scientific modelling, ditto for inactive periods?

Obviously the tower is always going to cast shadow.. but to what degree (looking at land use here) what is the cost day to day, seasonally etc..

Micro inverters tech n'all that are presumably used on modern large scale solar farms I presume? is double deployment possible?

[Swwils]

Ah yes all those famous onshore windfarm sites.

They have enough trouble putting them where they are needed in the first place.

[Joeboy]

What is the perceived thought on solar farm amongst windfarms exactly?
(i.e has turbine sail sweep & shadow been measured as to reduced effectiveness properly in any proper scientific modelling, ditto for inactive periods?

Obviously the tower is always going to cast shadow.. but to what degree (looking at land use here) what is the cost day to day, seasonally etc..

Micro inverters tech n'all that are presumably used on modern large scale solar farms I presume? is double deployment possible?

The time may yet come for this. Might not be in our generation though. Angel of the North type solar wings maybe with a nod to the ISS?

[Joeboy]

Ah yes all those famous onshore windfarm sites.

They have enough trouble putting them where they are needed in the first place.

Not a problem in Scotland.

[nowty]

Some info here on colocation.
https://www.cornwall-insight.com/wp-con ... -final.pdf

But my opinion for the UK where its windy like hilltops, its generally cloudy, but could work say in East Anglia, Cornwall or some other coastal locations.

[Joeboy]

Some info here on colocation.
https://www.cornwall-insight.com/wp-con ... -final.pdf

But my opinion for the UK where its windy like hilltops, its generally cloudy, but could work say in East Anglia, Cornwall or some other coastal locations.

Enjoying the doc with my morning tea. It certainly supports Gus's idea and hits all the positives.

The whole no new WT's thing in England. What was the driver behind that? Surely it cant just be NIMBYism?

What happened to to idea of eminent domain in regard to siting WT's? I'd have thought that would have been the logical next move?

[dan_b]

There's a site near the M25 around junction 19 or something like that where there's a solitary wind turbine near the top of a hill and there are some solar panels situated underneath it. Not many though.

Edit - it's the turbine at Kings Langley.

[Windbag]

I don't see the issue (at all) yes there is a bit of a shadow, but the is also no sun on a windy night that balances the books? Surely?

[nowty]

I don't see the issue (at all) yes there is a bit of a shadow, but the is also no sun on a windy night that balances the books? Surely?

Windbag, do you know your average annual solar and wind generation stats in kWh ?

[Windbag]

Yes indeed. Why?