STORM WILLEMIEN

 

STORM DAMAGE CAUSES POWER CUTS BECAUSE OF INADEQUATE BACK UP ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES

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Storms bring down power lines, causing blackouts

 

 

POWER CUTS. The SmartNet™ system could be the solution, also providing load levelling for national grids having to cope with renewables.

 

 

 

Storm Willemien ...

 

 

BRACE YOURSELVES - OR - RIG FOR ACTION

 

The UK sits in the path of predominately westerly winds where low pressure weather systems, (and associated clouds and rain) frequently move eastwards or north-eastwards across the North Atlantic and then across the UK. This brings unsettled and windy weather, particularly in winter. Summers in the UK are usually cooler than those on the European continent whereas our winters are often much milder. However, experts anticipate that climate change will alter the UK’s weather, leading to changes in patterns of rainfall and temperature. This has the potential to cause more frequent extreme weather events

A storm on 16 October 1987 brought down 15 million trees in south-east England and caused dozens of deaths.

 

The ‘Burns Day’ storm on 25 January 1990 killed 47 people across the British Isles. The ‘St Jude’s Day’ storm on 28 October 2013 caused four deaths as a result of falling trees, severe disruption to transport and left more than 850,000 homes without electricity.

 

The October storms caused significantly more damage to trees as they still held their leaves, making it easier for strong winds to damage or uproot them. In February 2001, heavy snow and strong winds caused travel disruption for up to five days and brought down power lines across Northern Ireland.

 

 

Storm winds come from mainly from the west

 

 

 

THE A-Z OF UK STORMS 2021 - 2022:

Arwen

Barra

Corrie

Dudley

Eunice

Franklin

Gladys

Herman
Imani
Jack
Kim
Logan
Méabh
Nasim
Olwen
Pól
Ruby
Seán
Tineke
Vergil
Willemien

 

Policies must be put in place to prevent unnecessary deaths - resulting from power cuts. We must protect the vulnerable, young and elderly.

 

 

 

 

Smart networked electricity & hydrogen service stations power back up

 

 

SMARTER BACK UP POWER - The SmartNet™ system is at the moment just a 1:20 scale model. Governments have known about this system for years. It was presented to the Dti for a Smart Award in 1998. The Department for Trade and Industry replied, that there was no future for a system based on energy storage. They wanted hydrogen solutions. It seemed to pass them by that this system included hydrogen, and made provision for ammonia and methanol - by way of future proofing.

 

The real problem was the coal and oil lobbyists and policy makers personal investments in fossil fuels. This kept the Red Flag flying all the time climate deniers were given house room.

 

 

 

 

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