By Paul Homewood
https://bmrs.elexon.co.uk/generation-by-fuel-type
As we know, there was not much wind about last week. In particular, between Nov 1st and 7th wind supplied only 7% of power in Britain:
We relied heavily on imports, which averaged 18% of total supply. But winds were also light across Germany and the Low Countries. Could we rely on getting electricity from Europe when they too have shut most of their fossil fuel plants down?
During that same period, wind power in Germany dropped to dangerously low levels. On the 6th, for example, wind was supplying just 1% of Germany’s electricity, as low as 1 GW. The country has about 70 GW of wind power capacity, which means that on most days that week, wind was running at less than 1% of capacity.
https://www.energymonitor.ai/power/live-eu-electricity-generation-map/?cf-view&cf-closed
We can forget about solar power in Germany or elsewhere in Europe, as they are not going to store it for us to use in early evening. And as the chart shows, Germany was getting most of its power from coal and gas during that week.
Other countries like Belgium, Holland and Denmark will have experienced similar issues with wind power.
Even if we, Germany and the others triple wind capacity, it would make little difference. Three times nothing is still nothing.
And we cannot all rely on nuclear power from France and hydro from Norway – there is simply not enough to go round.
Meanwhile the blind carry on leading the blind!
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November 14, 2024 at 11:50AM
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Imagine spending hundreds of billions on the infrastructure of a major industry without checking the reliability of the supply chain for essential inputs to the production process.
Like a massive irrigation project built without a forensic examination of the water supply including all available historical rainfall records in the catchment area.
https://quadrant.org.au/news-opinions/climate-change/no-gusts-no-glory/
That is the situation with the wind industry in Europe where Dunkelflautes must have been common knowledge among sailors and millers for centuries.
https://www.flickerpower.com/images/The_endless_wind_drought_crippling_renewables___The_Spectator_Australia.pdf
It has been a frog in the saucepan experience where the menace of wind droughts was not apparent as long as there was plenty of conventional power but eventually a tipping point arrived. All the grids in the progressive west are on the same path and the leaders are Germany, Britain and South Australia have passed the point and survive by importing power and shedding industries.
https://newcatallaxy.blog/2023/07/11/approaching-the-tipping-point/
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