Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time

[Hurricanelover]

Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time

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Wind turbines have generated more electricity than gas for the first time in the UK.

In the first three months of this year a third of the country's electricity came from wind farms, research from Imperial College London have shown.

National Grid has also confirmed that April saw a record period of solar energy generation.

By 2035 the UK aims for all of its electricity to have net zero emissions.

"There are still many hurdles to reaching a completely fossil fuel-free grid, but wind out-supplying gas for the first time is a genuine milestone event," said Iain Staffell, energy researcher at Imperial College and lead author of the report.

Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time

wow, congrats UK! Also China installed over 100gw in 2022 and probably will beat that like a dead horse in 2023....Solar and wind are starting to take over.

 

[Calypso Jones]

and you think they gonna keep that up do ya??

 

[Captain Caveman]

Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time

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Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time

wow, congrats UK! Also China installed over 100gw in 2022 and probably will beat that like a dead horse in 2023....Solar and wind are starting to take over.

Yes, we pay hundreds of millions for them not to produce electric, congrats UK

Britons paying hundreds of millions to turn off wind turbines as network can't handle the power they make on the windiest days

The cables that transfer the power from the north to the south can't safely deal with the amount of power the turbines generate on some days. The National Grid paid £215m to get them shut off last year - a cost that eventually ends up on people's bills.

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Previous forms of electric production was just reduced. That's why we pay a fortune for electric due to renewables, we are all sharing the misery.

You need to do some more thinking.

 

[SaxonJackson]

Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time

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Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time

wow, congrats UK! Also China installed over 100gw in 2022 and probably will beat that like a dead horse in 2023....Solar and wind are starting to take over.

Don't you mean "hot air?"

 

[elektra]

hahahahahahahahha

Wind was the main source for a minute and tonight, when the sun sets, and the wind dies down, wind will no longer be the main source of electricity.

Remember, last summer, when the entire country suffered because of the lack of wind, hence the lack of electricity, which drove up the cost of everything.

You like the price of food, more expensive than food has ever been in modern times. That is because of Green Renewable Wind and Solar policies.

 

[SaxonJackson]

Oil Leak

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time

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Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time

wow, congrats UK! Also China installed over 100gw in 2022 and probably will beat that like a dead horse in 2023....Solar and wind are starting to take over.

1/3 is the main source?
So what about the other 2/3's?
Pro tip: 2/3's is more than 1/3.

 

[Captain Caveman]

hahahahahahahahha

Wind was the main source for a minute and tonight, when the sun sets, and the wind dies down, wind will no longer be the main source of electricity.

Remember, last summer, when the entire country suffered because of the lack of wind, hence the lack of electricity, which drove up the cost of everything.

You like the price of food, more expensive than food has ever been in modern times. That is because of Green Renewable Wind and Solar policies.

For example, when people get up in a morning or when the world cup is on and people switch the kettles on for a brew at half time, they anticipate a surge in power. But they can't make the wind increase to suddenly appear or get stronger to meet demand, but power stations can be cranked up.

So as we suffer more and more expensive cost, in the future I can see blackouts and rationing becoming the norm.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time

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Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time

wow, congrats UK! Also China installed over 100gw in 2022 and probably will beat that like a dead horse in 2023....Solar and wind are starting to take over.

You waste your time trying to explain it to these oil sponsored goons.

 

[Orangecat]

 

[Captain Caveman]

You waste your time trying to explain it to these oil sponsored goons.

If only you take notice of the news in the UK, then you wouldn't be so gullible. But there again, you're a Lefty so the two brain cells can only comprehend what they want to hear.

Did you not know that wind farms are on quotas and paid not to produce electric when not needed? Did you not know that we don't store electric in enormous earth wrecking batteries so renewables have to be switched off on low demand? Probably why you come out with stupid posts.

 

[Woodznutz]

If only you take notice of the news in the UK, then you wouldn't be so gullible. But there again, you're a Lefty so the two brain cells can only comprehend what they want to hear.

Did you not know that wind farms are on quotas and paid not to produce electric when not needed? Did you not know that we don't store electric in enormous earth wrecking batteries so renewables have to be switched off on low demand? Probably why you come out with stupid posts.

Actually, storage systems are being developed that don't wreck the earth, notably mechanical energy storage systems.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Actually, storage systems are being developed that don't wreck the earth. News at eleven.

Blimey, their materials are not from the earth, amazing

 

[flack]

Pig in a poke is what it is.

 

[krichton]

If only you take notice of the news in the UK, then you wouldn't be so gullible. But there again, you're a Lefty so the two brain cells can only comprehend what they want to hear.

Did you not know that wind farms are on quotas and paid not to produce electric when not needed? Did you not know that we don't store electric in enormous earth wrecking batteries so renewables have to be switched off on low demand? Probably why you come out with stupid posts.

At this point you're basically arguing why we should keep the horse and buggy instead of using this new fangled horseless contraception that you need to crank and put gasoline into.

 

[Captain Caveman]

At this point you're basically arguing why we should keep the horse and buggy instead of using this new fangled horseless contraception that you need to crank and put gasoline into.

Nope, they need to stop being so gullible that everything is cheap and rosey with wind and solar power.