What happened this week in Britain shows the unreliability of so-called “renewables.” Power Engineering reports that “This week … coal-fired power was brought up to the forefront, if only temporarily, as the national grid dealt with low capacity wind-energy output and high natural gas prices during a warm weather streak, according to multiple news reports.
“The Telegraph and other outlets reported that the National Grid ESO asked owner-operator EDF Energy to fire up its West Burton A coal-fired plant to help meet electricity needs in the U.K. This startup Monday [Sept. 6] pushed coal-fired power to 5.5% of the national resource mix, same as wind. On Tuesday, however, coal-fired capacity was back to 2.2% of U.K. electricity generation.”
