British windfarms running out of wind

[Bakkels]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Currently, of Germany'S 17 nuclear powerplants, only four are running anymore. TZhere are no power shortages. But this is because it is summer: lots of sun, thermal activity and wind. If we will live without blackouts in winter, is another story. Also, our power imports have increased. Where is thr power coming from? Nuclear reactors in other countries whose security levels we claim to be inferior to German standards (a claim that I wonder if it really holds truth, the German reactors all are technically dated, to put it mildly).

Only four are running out of 17? Damn, I thought you guys had a lot more nuclear plants, and that a lot more were still operational. Is the one at Lingen still operational?

Btw, I see the German countryside riddled with (sometimes huge) windmills; how much of your power is supplied by those? I mean are they worth the cost for the amount of energy the provide?
You hear a lot of people talking about 'horizon pollution'; that they look ugly, but I disagree there. I find those huge windmills quite beautiful actually.