Brits expecting their thousands of wind turbines to deliver the goods this winter have been disappointed, yet again.
While Boris Johnson peddles his delusional plan to run the UK entirely on breezes and bluster, the typical (and wholly expected) collapse in wind power output across Britain this winter provides a taste of things to come.
Wind power acolytes run the line that their groovy ‘green’ product is free. But, Britain’s winter wind power drought, is a reminder that you only get what you pay for.
As the doldrums drove wind power output through the floor, the owners of what remains of Britain’s conventional, dispatchable power generators cashed in. Big-time! With the average wholesale price rocketing from £40 to £4,000 per MWh.
The obscene and endless subsidies siphoned off to wind power outfits – allowing them to undercut everyone else – have driven large volumes of reliable capacity out of the…
View original post 620 more words
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
Recent Comments