When the wind don't blow...

[klondike]

Well obviously we get a lot more tourists from France come over in their dinghies but apart from that we get to see just how beneficial our wind turbines are.

This grid watch has little dials that show how much power we are using and where it is coming from.
https://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/

The other day wind was running at close to 30%. As I look at it right now all those hectares of expensive wind turbines are producing just 0.86% and that is unlikely to change much for the next few days.

If we had 100 times as many they still wouldn't be keeping up with current demand.

[Michael Rolls]

can't say that I am surprised. Still, it gives the tree huggers a sense of satisfaction provided that nobody confuses them with the facts.

[klondike]

It has skyrocketed to 1.60% only a bit behind solar at 1.74% on this bright and sunny day I assume everybody apart from me is getting.

[Ashy]

According to the Met Office (I've never met one but still)
Vast swathes of Britain are engulfed in fog today. It's also one of the shortest days of the year. This is the second consecutive day with zero wind and zero sun, imagine the size of the battery we should need to power everything off windmills and parasols. We need proper power stations.

[JBR]

Well obviously we get a lot more tourists from France come over in their dinghies but apart from that we get to see just how beneficial our wind turbines are.

This grid watch has little dials that show how much power we are using and where it is coming from.
https://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/

The other day wind was running at close to 30%. As I look at it right now all those hectares of expensive wind turbines are producing just 0.86% and that is unlikely to change much for the next few days.

If we had 100 times as many they still wouldn't be keeping up with current demand.

Very interesting.

CCGT (gas) seems to produce the most, nuclear a half-decent amount, and quite a bit from other countries: Norway, Holland and even France.
On the other hand, a pitiful amount from wind and solar.

When will our leaders wake up.
All Boris talked about was windmills, fool that he is.

In the short term, we should be burning more coal and in addition opening more mines.  I think one producing site is in Cumbria, but we have coal reserves underground all over the place.

Can we now accept that we are responsible for a tiny fraction of atmospheric influence compared to China and others, before we all return to the Stone Age and burn anything we can find in our back gardens?

[Cassandra]

Very interesting.

CCGT (gas) seems to produce the most, nuclear a half-decent amount, and quite a bit from other countries: Norway, Holland and even France.
On the other hand, a pitiful amount from wind and solar.

When will our leaders wake up.
All Boris talked about was windmills, fool that he is.

In the short term, we should be burning more coal and in addition opening more mines.  I think one producing site is in Cumbria, but we have coal reserves underground all over the place.

Can we now accept that we are responsible for a tiny fraction of atmospheric influence compared to China and others, before we all return to the Stone Age and burn anything we can find in our back gardens?

Unsupported non-factual Ideology v Pragmatic reality, what that prize idiot Johnson specialises in. Lets hope he joins his father, a lifetime berk, tipping off this rubbish in the media for squillions, keeps out of politics for good and keeps his trousers up!