It will come as no surprise to anyone who has braved the elements here in Scotland, attempting to stay upright on a mountain top or playing on the beach while being buffeted by a gale blowing in from the North Sea, that this country is said to have "the best wind resource in Europe".
To illustrate, see here my predecessor Bouncing Bertie, demonstrating how to stand firm on a typically blustery hillside.
Although my owner spent much of her working career looking for oil and gas, she well understands, like most earth scientists, that using renewable sources to generate power is the way forward for, oh so many reasons. In some parts of the world that means solar power, but in a country with only a few hours per day of weak sunlight in the depths of winter, we naturally look to our wind.
So Gail and I were pleased to see that Aberdeen's new deep water South Harbour is currently host to the 'Blue Tern', a vessel used for offshore wind turbine installation.
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| Image from the 'Marine traffic' website |
On Thursday afternoon (when, ironically, the weather was calm and sunny) we took a walk down to the harbour area, circumnavigating the golf course to take a closer look.
Gail and I are happy to think that soon the turbine blades loaded on to this huge vessel will be put to use producing nice clean electricity. If everyone is to follow the lead of our dear friend YAM-aunty and start driving around the country in an electric vehicle, we will most certainly need to generate a lot more of the stuff.
Happy Nature Friday!
