Category Archives: renewables

A 20 day “wind lull” in December 2022

Posted on February 21, 2023 by Clive Best

The ideological push to increase UK wind energy as a means to reach “net zero” is bound to fail. The reason for this is simple. The more wind capacity we add to the grid so the more gas backup capacity … Continue reading →

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UK Peak Power 2022/23

Posted on February 20, 2023 by Clive Best

I have been monitoring  the power generation for the UK National Grid since 2000. Here is an update covering the period between November 2022 until February 20th 2023. Note that I have also generously corrected for wind power by factoring … Continue reading →

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Wind Lulls

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Clive Best

The installed capacity of  UK Wind farms is currently 25GW.  The business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng proposes to at least double that number, but there is a basic problem which seemingly everyone overlooks – Wind Lulls. Sometimes high pressure sits over … Continue reading →

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