Darn, if this isn’t just all happening at the worst time. Then again, these European governments act as if ‘winter’ never happens, or if it does, it’s just a cold snap.
From the United Kingdom to Germany and points beyond, they are finding out that a harsher winter is too late to start scrambling for more backup power when your NetZero dreams leave you in the cold and dark.
In the renewables-addicted UK, things got hairy for grid managers yesterday and insanely expensive as they frantically bought and brought back-up power online.
Electricity demand is 46.26 GW. The UK’s 31 GW of installed wind capacity is generating 2.6 GW (6% of demand).
We’re importing twice as much electricity from abroad as wind is generating. Invest in candles. pic.twitter.com/xTE63qM9FJ
— David 🇮🇱 (@CarbonCriminal) January 8, 2025
As the wind and temperatures died away…
