Category Archives: nuclear

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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Steven Koonin v Andrew Desler

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Clive Best

I have just read the book “Unsettled” by Steven Koonin a Caltech Physicist who has a long academic, industrial and political career. Of course he agrees that CO2 emissions have a warming effect, but he argues that many of the … Continue reading →

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