Wind Energy- a viable alternative to fossil fuels now?

[Mnementh]

dallas said:

Mnementh said:

SvennoJ said:

 

Yeah it's taking a long time. Looks like South Korea is going to take the next step.
http://www.nature.com/news/south-korea-makes-billion-dollar-bet-on-fusion-power-1.12251
They hope to start delivering 1 giga watt of fusion generated power to the net in the 2030's

I really had big hopes in fusion energy 10 years ago. That has pretty much crashed, as I got confronted with the reality. 1 GW at 2030 would be a good achievement for fusion power, but to set it into relation: at the moment sourh korea builds an offshore-windpark that is planned to produce 2.5 GW of energy: http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/south-korea-off-shore-wind-farm/

You've heard about the ITER project, right?

LOL. I cutted the quite tree for my mention of ITER. That is planned for a time-frame to 2038 (and it is not commercial, it is only a research project) and that has develop into a major moneysink. Yes, fusion power would be cool, but don't expect it to be mature before 2050. We need solutions now.