UK wind farms generate record 22.7 GW in a day, enough to power 22 million homes

Amazing news, but you're unlikely to see this in our "Mainstream Media" (aka the right-wing press) cos it doesn't fit their narrative.

Nearly 23GW were generated by wind energy on just one cold, windy evening last week. In more relatable numbers, that was 56% of all electricity on our grid. Nuclear did 8%. Just pointing that out.

However, in maybe 15 or 20 years we'lll have Sizewell C chipping in, and btw we're all starting to pay for that through our energy bills next month. This useless government has thought of a way to make nuclear attractive enough to get built - we pay them for well over a decade before they even produce any electricity.

Nuclear is SUCH a bargain.

(adapted from Dale Vince)

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OriginalDumbMan · 36-40

Wrong. GW is an unit of power and not energy. So it is not an unit of production.

G7J2O · M

@OriginalDumbMan So what? GW is the correct unit for describing how much power wind was supplying to the grid at that moment. That’s exactly how grid operators report generation 🙄.

If you think that’s wrong you just don’t understand how electricity reporting works.

OriginalDumbMan · 36-40

@G7J2O @G7J2O again wring. What you are saying is capacity. Renewable energy resources rarely produce their full capacity.

For your reference. Now you can see how fluctuating and underperformed. Plant factor is very low for renewable energy.

G7J2O · M

@OriginalDumbMan You do realise that graph is from 2005 right...?

OriginalDumbMan · 36-40

@G7J2O 2005 wind and now wind is same. It shows unit of production also.

G7J2O · M

@OriginalDumbMan Maybe the wind is the same, but the technology has moved on in the last 20 years. The turbines are now somewhat more efficient... 🙄

OriginalDumbMan · 36-40

@G7J2O fluctuation depends on wind speed distribution, and I don’t think it has changed much, just like solar radiation. Day and night, just like 2000 years before.

G7J2O · M

@OriginalDumbMan But the technology has changed in 2000 years. Wow, you really do live up to your moniker (know what that means?)

OriginalDumbMan · 36-40

@G7J2O you don’t have a grasp of the fundamental. Whatever technology you use, at night you can’t produce solar electricity. Same with the wind. If the wind is not flowing , you can’t extract energy.