There’s a yawning gulf between what wind turbines and solar panels are capable of delivering and what’s actually delivered. Sunset and calm weather will do it every time.
Terms like “capacity factor” and the “Levelized Cost Of Energy” are bandied about with great scientific certitude by renewable energy rent-seekers.
As to the first, wind and solar advocates always overstate the output of wind turbines and solar panels; and then, only in terms of pointless averages. As to the second, these characters are bound to lie about the true LCOE of wind and solar, as well. The subterfuge is as much about omission as embellishment.
Willis Eschenbach explains the nature of the game below.
The Real Cost of Wind and Solar
Watts Up With That?
Willis Eschenbach
25 June 2021
I keep reading how wind and solar are finally cheaper than fossil fuels … and every time I’ve read it, my…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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