Renewables = 19% Of Electricity Generated In UK In 2014

[ScienceRocks]

Renewables = 19% Of Electricity Generated In UK In 2014
July 31st, 2015 by Joshua S Hill
Renewables 19 Of Electricity Generated In UK In 2014 CleanTechnica

New figures released by the UK Government show that electricity generated from renewable sources increased 21% in 2014, accounting for 19% of total UK electricity generation.

RenewableUK, the country’s wind and marine energy trade association, applauded the work of the industry and encouraged the UK government to reconsider its decision to cut support for onshore wind — part of the renewable energy industry that is facing devastating subsidy cuts, but the technology that is doing the most in the country’s clean energy sector.

The UK’s Department of Energy & Climate Change released its annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics for 2014 (PDF), and described onshore wind as “the leading individual technology for the generation of electricity from renewable sources during 2014,” supplying 29% of the total, while offshore wind generated a further 21%, bringing the country’s total of renewable electricity supplied by wind up to a total of 50%.

Blows the shit out of your bitching about how it isn't working.

 

[eagle1462010]

European residential electricity prices increasing faster than prices in United States - Today in Energy - U.S. Energy Information Administration EIA

European residential electricity prices have historically exceeded U.S. prices, and the gap has widened in recent years. In 2013, average residential electricity rates in European Union (EU) countries were more than double rates in the United States. Regulatory structures—including taxes and other user fees, investment in renewable energy technologies, and the mix and cost of fuels—all influence electricity prices.

In 2013, average EU residential prices were 0.20 euro per kilowatthour (euro/kWh), which translates to about 26.57 cents per kilowatthour (cents/kWh), a 43% increase from the average 2006 price of 18.80 cents/kWh. In that same time, U.S. prices increased only 17%, from 10.40 cents/kWh to 12.12 cents/kWh.

These averages mask wide differences across the European Union, ranging from 11.99 cents/kWh (Bulgaria) to 39.42 cents/kWh (Denmark) in 2013. Denmark and Germany have some of the highest prices in the region, while Bulgaria is the only country in the EU-28 with residential prices lower than the U.S. average in 2013.

 

[Old Rocks]

While renewable energy has a relatively small impact on energy consumption in Texas, its share is growing rapidly. Renewable sources accounted for 4.1% of all energy consumed in Texas in 2011, according to the EIA. This ratio has increased substantially over the past decade as renewable energy sources have expanded, while total statewide energy consumption
has remained steady over the past 15 years

http://gov.texas.gov/files/ecodev/Renewable_Energy.pdf

Over 4% for Texas, and increasing daily.

 

[GHook93]

European residential electricity prices increasing faster than prices in United States - Today in Energy - U.S. Energy Information Administration EIA

European residential electricity prices have historically exceeded U.S. prices, and the gap has widened in recent years. In 2013, average residential electricity rates in European Union (EU) countries were more than double rates in the United States. Regulatory structures—including taxes and other user fees, investment in renewable energy technologies, and the mix and cost of fuels—all influence electricity prices.

In 2013, average EU residential prices were 0.20 euro per kilowatthour (euro/kWh), which translates to about 26.57 cents per kilowatthour (cents/kWh), a 43% increase from the average 2006 price of 18.80 cents/kWh. In that same time, U.S. prices increased only 17%, from 10.40 cents/kWh to 12.12 cents/kWh.

These averages mask wide differences across the European Union, ranging from 11.99 cents/kWh (Bulgaria) to 39.42 cents/kWh (Denmark) in 2013. Denmark and Germany have some of the highest prices in the region, while Bulgaria is the only country in the EU-28 with residential prices lower than the U.S. average in 2013.

Is this due to the fact the most Western European countries have no coal, natural gas or oil reserves? They have to import it all and mostly from Russia.


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[Wyatt earp]

Renewables = 19% Of Electricity Generated In UK In 2014
July 31st, 2015 by Joshua S Hill
Renewables 19 Of Electricity Generated In UK In 2014 CleanTechnica

New figures released by the UK Government show that electricity generated from renewable sources increased 21% in 2014, accounting for 19% of total UK electricity generation.

RenewableUK, the country’s wind and marine energy trade association, applauded the work of the industry and encouraged the UK government to reconsider its decision to cut support for onshore wind — part of the renewable energy industry that is facing devastating subsidy cuts, but the technology that is doing the most in the country’s clean energy sector.

The UK’s Department of Energy & Climate Change released its annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics for 2014 (PDF), and described onshore wind as “the leading individual technology for the generation of electricity from renewable sources during 2014,” supplying 29% of the total, while offshore wind generated a further 21%, bringing the country’s total of renewable electricity supplied by wind up to a total of 50%.

Blows the shit out of your bitching about how it isn't working.

Mathew you do know fossil fuel is a renewable fuel source.

So why don't you guys already die already?

So your great great great great great great great great grand kids can use the oil you produce?

 

[GHook93]

Renewables = 19% Of Electricity Generated In UK In 2014
July 31st, 2015 by Joshua S Hill
Renewables 19 Of Electricity Generated In UK In 2014 CleanTechnica

New figures released by the UK Government show that electricity generated from renewable sources increased 21% in 2014, accounting for 19% of total UK electricity generation.

RenewableUK, the country’s wind and marine energy trade association, applauded the work of the industry and encouraged the UK government to reconsider its decision to cut support for onshore wind — part of the renewable energy industry that is facing devastating subsidy cuts, but the technology that is doing the most in the country’s clean energy sector.

The UK’s Department of Energy & Climate Change released its annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics for 2014 (PDF), and described onshore wind as “the leading individual technology for the generation of electricity from renewable sources during 2014,” supplying 29% of the total, while offshore wind generated a further 21%, bringing the country’s total of renewable electricity supplied by wind up to a total of 50%.

Blows the shit out of your bitching about how it isn't working.

Mathew you do know fossil fuel is a renewable fuel source.

So why don't you guys already die already?

So your great great great great great great great great grand kids can use the oil you produce?

Fossil fuels are not renewable


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[flacaltenn]

Renewables = 19% Of Electricity Generated In UK In 2014
July 31st, 2015 by Joshua S Hill
Renewables 19 Of Electricity Generated In UK In 2014 CleanTechnica

New figures released by the UK Government show that electricity generated from renewable sources increased 21% in 2014, accounting for 19% of total UK electricity generation.

RenewableUK, the country’s wind and marine energy trade association, applauded the work of the industry and encouraged the UK government to reconsider its decision to cut support for onshore wind — part of the renewable energy industry that is facing devastating subsidy cuts, but the technology that is doing the most in the country’s clean energy sector.

The UK’s Department of Energy & Climate Change released its annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics for 2014 (PDF), and described onshore wind as “the leading individual technology for the generation of electricity from renewable sources during 2014,” supplying 29% of the total, while offshore wind generated a further 21%, bringing the country’s total of renewable electricity supplied by wind up to a total of 50%.

Blows the shit out of your bitching about how it isn't working.

Well that's damn strange Matthew -- because right now at this MOMENT the British power dashboard is showing Wind Production at a smarmy tiny 0.17GW... And the monthly production charts suck... That's 0.77% of the demand at THIS MOMENT..


U.K. National Grid status

I'm sure there's 5 days a year when wind will make up for that. But you can not run a country on yearly average power.. I even doubt the figures in the article are ACTUAL PRODUCTION. More like the installed base of wind that just SITS there 4 days a week..

You WATCH that British Dashboard and get back to us when wind ACTUALLY BREAKS 10% of the load in Britain and brag to us how long that lasted..


Great webpage BTW.. WE ought to publish shit like that if our government really cared about public education on energy.. Here's a screenshot of the current reading I referred to above..

 

[flacaltenn]

Checked it again tonight.. 0.22GW at this moment.. TOTAL wind on grid in Britain..

Matthew -- I don't know for a fact -- but I'm 90% certain, all these "HAPPY" numbers are about how much wind power has been purchased.. NOT what it actually produces.. The claim in your article is 19% of grid load in the UK. And they state somewhere in there that wind is 40 or 50% of that.. If it WAS producing nearly 10% of Britains power -- It would show clearly in those YEARLY graphs on the dashboard I posted above..

On the yearly chart -- it barely touches 5% and that's only for about 20% of the time.. Never see it going beyond 5%.

Is this UK Grid meter wrong? Or are you gonna be heartbroken again to find out that something's been oversold and misrepresented...

 

[flacaltenn]

OK -- I apologize for misreading the graphs.. Long term charts are in GW (not percentage). Dials show % of load and GWatts.
So on the yearly chart for wind --- it occasionally peaks out at 5 GW which IS about 15% of demand at that moment. But it's performance is nowhere near 10% of peak load MOST of the time.. In fact -- MOST of the time appears to be providing less than 4 or 5% of demand..

 

[flacaltenn]

Whoooaaa !!! Check it out. Right now Wind on grid in England is at 4%.. Not bad..
Better look quick...

 

[Shrimpbox]

Renewables = 19% Of Electricity Generated In UK In 2014
July 31st, 2015 by Joshua S Hill
Renewables 19 Of Electricity Generated In UK In 2014 CleanTechnica

New figures released by the UK Government show that electricity generated from renewable sources increased 21% in 2014, accounting for 19% of total UK electricity generation.

RenewableUK, the country’s wind and marine energy trade association, applauded the work of the industry and encouraged the UK government to reconsider its decision to cut support for onshore wind — part of the renewable energy industry that is facing devastating subsidy cuts, but the technology that is doing the most in the country’s clean energy sector.

The UK’s Department of Energy & Climate Change released its annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics for 2014 (PDF), and described onshore wind as “the leading individual technology for the generation of electricity from renewable sources during 2014,” supplying 29% of the total, while offshore wind generated a further 21%, bringing the country’s total of renewable electricity supplied by wind up to a total of 50%.

Blows the shit out of your bitching about how it isn't working.

Well that's damn strange Matthew -- because right now at this MOMENT the British power dashboard is showing Wind Production at a smarmy tiny 0.17GW... And the monthly production charts suck... That's 0.77% of the demand at THIS MOMENT..


U.K. National Grid status

I'm sure there's 5 days a year when wind will make up for that. But you can not run a country on yearly average power.. I even doubt the figures in the article are ACTUAL PRODUCTION. More like the installed base of wind that just SITS there 4 days a week..

You WATCH that British Dashboard and get back to us when wind ACTUALLY BREAKS 10% of the load in Britain and brag to us how long that lasted..


Great webpage BTW.. WE ought to publish shit like that if our government really cared about public education on energy.. Here's a screenshot of the current reading I referred to above..

That is so neat flac. Thanks for making us aware of it.

 

[Shrimpbox]

Is there one for the U.S.?

 

[Anathema]

Blows the shit out of your bitching about how it isn't working.

Wow. You like having electricity 1 day out of 5? I like it better every day.

 

[flacaltenn]

Is there one for the U.S.?

There USED to one for Texas. They are on a separate grid from the rest of the nation. I'll check if it's still there. And they are highly invested in wind and solar.

The trend is for this stuff to disappear from the interwebs.. Back 10 years ago --- you could find "power-meters" for major windfarms.. They are all mostly gone now.. You figure out why... There is one for a big Danish wind farm

Middelgrundens Vindmøllelaug | Offshore Wind Farm outside the Harbour of Copenhagen

But they never updated the site and you can now only get to the data with an OLD IExplorer browser..

 

[Old Rocks]

Next Texas Energy Boom: Solar
RUSSELL GOLD
Aug. 21, 2015 5:30 a.m. ET
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FORT STOCKTON, Texas—A new energy boom is taking shape in the oil fields of west Texas, but it’s not what you think. It’s solar.

Solar power has gotten so cheap to produce—and so competitively priced in the electricity market—that it is taking hold even in a state that, unlike California, doesn’t offer incentives to utilities to buy or build sun-powered generation.

Pecos County, about halfway between San Antonio and El Paso and on the southern edge of the prolific Permian Basin oil field, could soon play host to several large solar-energy farms responsible for about $1 billion in investments, according to state tax records.

On a recent day, contractors for OCI Solar Power LLC erected posts for a solar farm that will be the size of more than 900 football fields.First Solar Inc. was negotiating to lease an adjacent property, its second project in the county. Last year, the Arizona company began capturing sunlight on 400,000 black solar panels in a separate project, converting the abundant sunlight into about 30 megawatts of power.

This article is from the Wall Street Journal. And wind is also getting cheaper. Then there is the grid scale batteries that are just now entering the market.