HC Deb 08 July 1953 vol 517 c97W
Mr. Neal

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what progress he can report concerning the experiments in the generation of electricity by windmill.

Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd

Experimental work is in hand on two 100 kilowatt windmills, one erected by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board in Orkney and one just completed for the British Electricity Authority and now being tested by the manufacturers before erection in Wales. My Department is collaborating with these organisations and with the Electrical Research Association on basic work, and has recently bought for test a smaller windmill working, like the British Electricity Authority 100 kilowatt machine, on the Andreau principle.