Net Zero Wind: Britain saved by coal – at huge cost
Date: 07/09/21
Global Warming Policy Forum
Britain’s fragile electricity system is a national embarrassment and a warning to the world
London, 7 September – Yesterday, National Grid, the Electricity System Operator, was forced to paid over £20m to “balance” the system and avoid blackouts, ten times more than normal.
The entire UK wind fleet was in effect completely absent for much of the day, only rising above a few percent of its theoretical output late in the day when the crisis was over.
As a result, conventional gas- and coal-fired generators had to be fired up. The UK’s creaking grid was therefore effectively being propped up by fossil fuels.
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