Here in this linked 40 minute video there is an in-depth discussion about the UK electricity supply system. It focuses on the effect of wind and solar energy on the reliability of it, and the risk of blackouts as we approach 2030 when the Labour government have set out to make the supply net zero CO2 emissions. This should be essential listening for the government, as well as all voters!
Will blackouts come to Britain?
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January 22, 2025 at 01:37AM
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Why the question mark? Blackouts were inevitable when Britain bet the farm on wind power by subsidising and mandating wind and solar to displace cheap and reliable coal power from the grid.
The wind droughts, Dunkelflautes, were always going to destroy the supply when conventional power ran down past a critical point because RE falls to near zero on near-windless nights.
The meteorologists failed to issue wind drought warnings and the irresponsible authorities failed to check the reliability of the wind supply.
Why did the Dunkelflautes come as a surprise in June 2021?
https://www.flickerpower.com/images/The_endless_wind_drought_crippling_renewables___The_Spectator_Australia.pdf
A long-standing warning from the Energy Realists of Australia.
Around the Western world, subsidised and mandated wind and solar power have been displacing conventional power in the electricity supply. Consequently, most of the grids in the west are moving towards a point where the lights will flicker at nights when the wind is low. This is a “frog in the saucepan” effect and it only starts to worry people when it is too late.
https://newcatallaxy.blog/2023/07/11/approaching-the-tipping-point/
Consider the ABC of intermittent energy generation.
Therefore, the green transition is impossible with current storage technology.
The rate of progress towards the tipping point will accelerate as demand is swelled by AI and electrification at large.
In Australia, the transition to unreliable wind and solar power has just hit the wall, while Britain and Germany have passed the tipping point and entered a “red zone,” keeping the lights on precariously with imports and deindustrialization to reduce demand.
There is an urgent need to find out why the meteorologists failed to warn us about wind droughts and why energy planners didn’t check. Imagine embarking on a major irrigation project without forensic investigation of the water supply including historical rainfall figures.
https://quadrant.org.au/news-opinions/climate-change/no-gusts-no-glory/
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