Official COP26 wind farm showcases obscene renewables costs
Unreliabilitiy of renewables has been put in the spotlight by the revelation that the official electricity supplier to COP26, the Griffin wind farm in Scotland, has been paid substantial constraint payments during the conference.
Coal keeps lights on at COP26 as low wind strikes again
On 3 November 2021, a lack of wind power led to skyrocketing costs on the GB Balancing Mechanism. Only fossil fuels saved the day.
The spectre of the impossible
Claims that global warming will bring about unliveable conditions are based on impossible combinations of assumptions.
New data refute Boris Johnson's wind cost claims
Windfarm cost blunder will add hundred of billions to cost of Net Zero.New data confirms that offshore windfarm costs remain at very high levels, having only fallen slightly in recent years.
New data on offshore wind costs
The latest data on offshore wind shows little sign of the revolution in costs that ministers have promised us.
COP26 - What are China's real intentions?
China has been keen to emphasise its ambition to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 and has announced a target to achieve a 65% reduction in the emissions intensity of its economy by 2030. However, some analysts have suggested that all is not as it seems.
The time-honoured engineering technique guesstimation
Guesstimation is a technique time-honoured by engineers.