“I just think the American market is ahead of us [and] the same thing is going to happen here”, said a turbine sales representative from UK-based manufacturer Langley Holdings, which also sponsored the March 25-26 Datacloud conference and primarily sells to the UK. “It just will take a bit longer and it will be a bit harder because more people will be saying, ‘hang on a minute, we don’t want to be burning greenhouse gasses.’”
It’s still cheaper in bulk than other forms. Fossil fuels have excellent energy density.
Sadly most the energy density is wasted as only a small proportion is captured to do work. Renewables capture almost all of the energy. Renewables are definitely better from an energy density standpoint as you need a lot less to match the theoretical energy density of fossil fuels.