It's Monday afternoon and a more than gentle north-easterly breeze is rustling the leaves on the trees. \u00a0Ideal wind energy generating conditions, you might think. \u00a0But no. \u00a0The proportion of the UK's electricity coming from wind at this minute is 6.3%. \u00a0This is ~30% of installed capacity) \u00a0Solar is 21%; as is nuclear. \u00a0Ever-reliable gas is 38%. \u00a0And the interconnections to the continent are at 7.3%<\/p>\n
The problem, it seems, is that there is a high pressure system sitting on top of where most of the wind farms are, and there is little wind. \u00a0Some think that this is a reason for much more wind power capacity, particularly on land. \u00a0Others think it points to more nuclear to consolidate a non-carbon base load.<\/p>\n
I do hope that schools everywhere are monitoring all this and using the data with their classes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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