Most of us suspected it anyway, but now the wind industry has itself admitted that wind farm electricity cannot compete with gas turbines and prices must rise by 70% for it to be viable. So, thanks to the net zero policy our electricity will become a lot dearer, which of course means heating and transport will become dearer as well.
Offshore Wind Demands £95/MWh | NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT (wordpress.com)
I distinctly remember at the start it was said, that wind energy would be so cheap as to make it not worth even sending out electricity bills !!
ReplyDeleteI can remember exactly the same being said about nuclear power in the 1950s!
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