Well done wind
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Not much wind today, but Solar, at 12.54GW, exceeds Gas at 4.29. This time last year, Gas was around 12.
Solar, over the last month, has typically peaked between 10 and 14.
Compared to last year, it's off the scale. Last years Solar chart only went up to 5.
We're going to need a bigger chart.
Solar, over the last month, has typically peaked between 10 and 14.
Compared to last year, it's off the scale. Last years Solar chart only went up to 5.
We're going to need a bigger chart.
How much will we all be saving with this 'free' electricity the providers are harvesting?
Absolutely nothing
A lot less finite fossil fuel will be used than if we had zero renewables. Always a good thing.
I saw an article the other day, that said some providers are going to be giving electricity away for free when there is renewable oversupply.
Keep an eye out, is all I can advise.
You'll be pleased to hear our present government is moving towards more fixed bid prices for renewable contracts, instead of having the market price governed by gas.
When renewables are so plentiful that gas is not needed, the gas price is irrelevant. Perhaps we will make standby payments.
Hence my interest in increasing renewables and reducing gas.
The naysayers show no support for this.
You can see their curmudgeonly moaning.
Perhaps they are Trump supporters who vainly attempt to hold back the renewable tide.
When renewables are so plentiful that gas is not needed, the gas price is irrelevant. Perhaps we will make standby payments.
Hence my interest in increasing renewables and reducing gas.
The naysayers show no support for this.
You can see their curmudgeonly moaning.
Perhaps they are Trump supporters who vainly attempt to hold back the renewable tide.
"PublishedJan 14 2026
In these auctions, participants present bids stating how much they’d need to be paid per megawatt in return for building a wind farm. The government guarantees to winners that they will receive the clearing price for 20 years, no matter the actual market price over that time. Sometimes, as happened in 2022, the price that results is very low. Conversely, in 2023 an auction failed to attract any bids.
The projects that won the UK auction on Wednesday — many of them led by German utility RWE — are certainly more expensive than those that came before. They cleared at an average of £90.91 per megawatt hour, 75 per cent dearer than 2022, a time when both the cost of money and raw materials was lower.
Yet UK households may still be getting a good deal. Consider the alternatives. The price of natural gas has also risen sharply compared with where it was prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. So has the cost of building new gas-fired generation capacity."
FT.com
Trump's folly keeps making renewables look like a better bet.
In these auctions, participants present bids stating how much they’d need to be paid per megawatt in return for building a wind farm. The government guarantees to winners that they will receive the clearing price for 20 years, no matter the actual market price over that time. Sometimes, as happened in 2022, the price that results is very low. Conversely, in 2023 an auction failed to attract any bids.
The projects that won the UK auction on Wednesday — many of them led by German utility RWE — are certainly more expensive than those that came before. They cleared at an average of £90.91 per megawatt hour, 75 per cent dearer than 2022, a time when both the cost of money and raw materials was lower.
Yet UK households may still be getting a good deal. Consider the alternatives. The price of natural gas has also risen sharply compared with where it was prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. So has the cost of building new gas-fired generation capacity."
FT.com
Trump's folly keeps making renewables look like a better bet.
I notice some of the grumbling naysayers are blaming the government of the day for prices and availability of energy.
Looking at Energy as a national asset, that the government has a duty to protect, it struck me that perhaps we should have publicly owned organisations to take it on. We could have a "Central Electricity Generating Department" and a "National Electricity Grid"
I can't imagine why nobody thought of it before.
Looking at Energy as a national asset, that the government has a duty to protect, it struck me that perhaps we should have publicly owned organisations to take it on. We could have a "Central Electricity Generating Department" and a "National Electricity Grid"
I can't imagine why nobody thought of it before.
Hello, what's this I see?
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If a private company could supply the majority of consumers with electricity from renewable sources at half the price it is now, and still make a profit, then they would.
Renewables are cheaper, so they say, so why has no bright spark cornered the market and made a killing yet?
Even at 15p/kw, I'd reckon that 80% of people would be using them within a year.
What's stopping someone doing this?
Renewables are cheaper, so they say, so why has no bright spark cornered the market and made a killing yet?
Even at 15p/kw, I'd reckon that 80% of people would be using them within a year.
What's stopping someone doing this?
Simply because there isn’t enough cheap production of electricity as yet. So the alternative suppliers are simply making a huge amount of hay while the sun shines
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So it works, but only half of the time.
So not very reliable.
It’s not working to deliver cheaper electricity now but is edging towards improvements but huge investment is required - either from direct taxes or by higher bills - so either way we pay.
The UK has made immense progress in the last 10 -15 years, but like every technology improvement there are quick gains and harder gains. We’ve made the quick gains, so patience is required now.
As I write this, 38% of electricity is being produced by gas, 17% by nuclear, 10%by wind, 10% by bio and the rest we are reliant on importing electricity (about 25%).
