By Paul Homewood
Europe is leading a global push to decarbonise power markets with renewable energy sources. Decarbonisation looks to be a tough but achievable challenge, with wind & solar capacity set to do the heavy lifting.
More than 350GW of new wind and solar is projected to come online across Western Europe over the next 10 years. At the same time, large volumes of dispatchable nuclear, coal & lignite capacity are due to close, at least 40GW by 2023 and 80GW by 2030.
We set out the challenges of such a rapidly changing European capacity mix in a recent article. This highlighted what in our view is a substantial shortfall in flexible capacity investment in order to support growing wind & solar output volumes.
In today’s article we use two case studies to illustrate the flexibility required to support renewable output swings in 2020 compared to 2030. We…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
Mar 31, 2020 @ 10:27:48
I would not take a lot of notice of this blog.
This bloke wrote something about erroneous about our bushfires. I pointed out his error and linked a very good Radio National program where they had three experts talking about how more hazard reduction would not not have made much difference.
I was banned for this temerity.
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 10:41:10
So no pointing doing hazard reduction
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 10:49:13
increased hazard reduction would have made NO difference. the bushfires crossed rivers the best hazard reduction you can have. It traveled up cliffs never seen before.
It does seem climate deniers simply do not want to believe experts on anything or don’t understand them.
Are you going to say you were wrong on NZ and the depression?
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 14:05:24
So you oppose hazard reduction.
Stop lying about the NZ and OZ depression. Both recovered rapidly after massive fiscal contractions.
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 14:29:48
I have never opposed hazard reduction simply said more hazard reduction would not have made a difference.
Err I have shown you in both cases ,Oz and NZ, you are wrong. simply admit it unless you cannot you even read your own graph ?
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 14:32:13
Stop lying
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 14:35:28
I have already demolished you on NZ and the actual graph you showed backed my assertion that Australia went from depression to recession.
I am not the one who is lying.
Perhaps you do not understand how to interpret graphs. Let us call it homewood diseas.
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 14:37:59
Stop lying.
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 14:45:59
Boring,,
male unemployment was 51549 in 1932, it was 36890 in 1936 by 1938 it was 4767.
Game set and match yet again.
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 14:47:16
So you admit I am right. Unemployment dropped from 51549 to 36890 in 1936.
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 14:56:26
I have already explained that. If you think that is a recovery you need to study economics. Similar to Australia actually. until after 1936.
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 14:57:01
What was Australian unemployment rate in 1931?
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 14:00:47
Case study of Neven showing Homewood to be an uneducated ignoramus as most denialists are
https://neven1.typepad.com/blog/2016/02/grasping-at-uncorrected-straws.html?cid=6a0133f03a1e37970b01bb08bdb0e1970d#comment-6a0133f03a1e37970b01bb08bdb0e1970d
I actually highlighted this on my blog some time ago.
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 14:04:10
Compared to you. You don’t even know how long the south Australia battery will last?
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 14:26:22
It last as long as it has power and then git gets more.
The question is not very thought out.
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 14:31:48
How long is that?
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 14:33:31
whenever it is needed. It is the best example of dispatchable power which is why AEMO is so enamoured with it.
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 14:37:44
So you don’t know even the basics about the battery.
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 14:43:23
what in the hell is to know. It has energy when there is no demand and none when there is. until it gets more from electricity not used in SA.
It is a very stupid question.
do you know the basics of coal powered power station. Tell us why the units break down once every three days pleas.
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 14:45:25
You don’t know how long is last?
You don’t know that machines have breakdowns. Engineers plan for them.
Why did steam engines replace wind mills at start of industrial revolution?
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 14:54:53
I do not need to know how long it wil last as to know that you would need to know demand and supply in real time every day.
As I said a stupid question.
On the other hand we do know having some idea of when units in unreliable coal fired power stations break down ans it could lead to black outs as AEMO was worried about this summer.
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 14:55:47
So you don’t know. Your are totally ignorant about the basic of wind power.
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 14:59:00
okay champion you tell everyone the answer to a stupid question
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 14:59:29
Fuck off
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Mar 31, 2020 @ 14:27:09
on the other hand homewood is an expert on writing about subjects he has no idea about as Neven shows brilliantly.
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