Quote Originally Posted by Broken Hand View Post
Where I live, we have hydroelectric power. A large, govt funded wind farm ($1 billion) was built and touted as the bestest greenie higgamajig ever. Only one problem, whenever the wind picks up, the hydroelectric dams have to scale back their generators, thus wasting spilled water. Wind turbines take first priority over dams. All this wind farm did was create a solution for a problem that didn’t exist.
Maybe the windmills can pump the water back up into the reservoir so you can have a perpetual power and water supply ?