By Paul Homewood
There’s a good article on TCW about the giant new solar farm proposed in Cambridgeshire:
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/storm-clouds-ahead-down-on-the-solar-farm/
We are naturally all familiar with the intermittency of solar power in terms of seasonal and day/night. But Julian Flood also raises the issue of reduced generation during cloudy or foggy weather.
I have heard this idea pooh poohed by renewable enthusiasts, who argue that it makes little difference – something about photons apparently!
However a look at this weeks solar power data shows this is nonsense.
https://www.solar.sheffield.ac.uk/pvlive/#
The last three days have been sunny, but Monday and Tuesday were rather dull, though certainly not foggy here.
As a result solar power, which peaked at over 4 GW Wednesday to Friday, did not even reach 1 GW on Monday.
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January 15, 2022 at 10:39AM
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