The Telegraph–Where 28.5% = 26.2%

By Paul Homewood

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/12/13/wind-doesnt-blow-sometimes-coal-cant-answer/

You will all recall this classic schoolboy error from Ben Marlow, which I complained about to the Telegraph. They have now responded to me:

Thank you for contacting The Telegraph regarding the above-referenced article.

You have raised concerns about this sentence:

"What opponents of renewables neglect to mention is that wind has provided 28.5pc of our total energy output over the past year. "

Thank you for highlighting that in fact what Mr Marlow was referring to was total electricity output not energy. We have amended the article. In respect of the statement that 28.5pc of our total electricity output over the past twelve months this data can be found at https://www.nationalgrideso.com/. The monthly figures for the last twelve months were as follows:

Nov. 2022: 33.9pc

Oct: 36.2

Sept: 24.2

Aug: 15.9

July: 19.1

June: 21.3

May: 24.4

April: 23.4

March: 23.3

Feb: 39.7

Jan: 27.5

Dec: 26

Which when added and then divided by 12 gives an average of 26.2pc. We do not consider the slight discrepancy between 28.5 and 26.2 amounts to a significant inaccuracy such that requires correction under Clause 1(ii) particularly as the data fluctuates daily.

We have however added the following wording to the bottom of the online article:

CORRECTION: The original article referred to wind power providing a ‘total energy output’. This should have referred to ‘total electricity output’. The article has been amended.