“Wind energy in Germany is still backed up by coal. For every 1 megawatt of wind capacity, German power companies will install 0.6 megawatts of coal generation as a backup source, said [Bernhard] Hartmann [a vice president at global management consulting firm AT Kearney].”
--Interfax China, Sept. 6, 2005
That is to say, wind power is actually driving an expansion of coal plant.categories: wind power, wind energy
