Wind Farms In England Only Supply 2% Of Power

NOT to mention the shocking admission by the wind industry chief that England is not even windy enough! šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø
https://climatism.wordpress.com/2016/06/05/england-not-windy-enough-admits-wind-industry-chief/

ā€œSooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.ā€ ā€“ Robert Louis Stevenson

NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

By Paul Homewood

Wind turbines near the village of Bothel in Cumbria.

 

Anyone who lives in England knows just how ubiquitous wind farms now are across the countryside.

So it might come as a surprise to learn just how little power they actually produce.

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has now published the detailed data for 2016. It shows that onshore wind farms in England produced only 5.7 TWh, out of a total generation in England of 241.8 TWh.

In other words, the princely amount of 2%.

Can anybody say it has been worth all of the bother?

 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-trends-section-6-renewables

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-trends-december-2017-special-feature-article-electricity-generation-and-supply-figures-for-scotland-wales-northern-ireland-and-england-2

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China urges miners to increase high-grade coal supplies for heating

RATHER telling when the likes of the Guardian lambasts Chinaā€™s absurd move to ramp up coal-fired power to ensure the wellbeing of their most vulnerable, demonising ā€œdirtyā€ (lifesaving) coal without a single mention of unreliables to stop the supposed rot. Cowards.

NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

By Paul Homewood

Oh, the joys of central planning!

From Reuters:

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BEIJING (Reuters) ā€“ China has urged coal miners to increase high-grade coal supplies to ensure heating fuel for winter, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in a statement on Tuesday.


The statement comes after the central government scaled back its plan earlier this month to convert northern cities to natural gas from coal for heating, because provinces across China had warned of gas shortages.

The NDRC asked miners to put more high-grade coal projects into operation ā€œas soon as possibleā€.

Coal-fired power plants are also encouraged to increase their thermal coal stockpiles and upgrade their equipment to reduce emissions.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pollution-coal/china-urges-miners-to-increase-high-grade-coal-supplies-for-heating-idUSKBN1EK0FU

The Guardian also reported on the problems in China earlier this month:

While middle class Beijingers breathe the cleanest air in recent winters, in Zhuozhou, a small city 20 minutes by train from Beijingā€™s downtown, residents areā€¦

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