Energy news in general

QrizB

This'll interest some of the regulars on the thread:

https://wastedwind.energy

It's a site run by Octopus that shows the costs of wind energy curtailment.

I'm still unconvinced by their CEOs advocacy of regional wholesale pricing, but it's good to have the data available.

Scot_39

Nice to see one renewables generator - pointing out - even if only a fraction - of the predicted increasing costs we all face due to renewables roll out in the UK.

By 2030 remember NESO are forecasting that total balancing / (operating two generating systems) costs will be c£8bn pa.

And the former NGESO were forecasting £3bn alone due to grid thermal constraints

Lets hope the media focusses more on these - rather than going along with the greenwashing attempts at deception and past promises of universelly cheaper bills for all.

If DESNZ representatives can admit to the PAC in formal reporting that the policy is in reality failing - that renewables isn't lowering our bills cf fossil fuels - why can't our leaders be open and do the same for us.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/exclusive-government-admits-fossil-fuels-use-is-cheaper-than-net-zero-technology/ar-AA1H0xie?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds&apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1

Then we can have a real debate about whether the consequences of not acting are worth the costs.

And how we help those - like those not on £150k ministerial salaries or their highly paid cricles of advisors - actually afford the higher costs.

Inlcuding the £8bn in balancing by 2030

Including financing £55-77bn spend by 2030 by TNOs on networks

Including iirc c22bn over 25? years on CCS project development and trials.