December 12, 2021

Renewables caused National Grid a double heart attack I HAVE previously questioned whether power companies in Scotland had solved the known instability risks, including to HVDC links operation, introduced by progressively increasing renewables whilst closing synchronous generation such as Hunterston etc, thereby weakening our grid. It has transpired that National Read more…

In our headlong rush to ‘save the planet’ perhaps a sobering reality check for the deluded Greens is long overdue? A small, ever-so-green, 100-megawatt wind farm needs 30,000 tons of iron ore; 50,000 tons of concrete and 900 tons of non-recyclable plastic. For the same power from an ever-so-green solar Read more…