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Elfed Jones's avatar

“ Net-zero sceptics have no alternative to renewables “ Unfortunately pro renewable supporters don’t seem to have an alternative to pro.nuclear politicians either ??? Aaargh.

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jaberwock's avatar

Your renewables costs are missing the cost of dealing with intermittency and location.

You are missing the cost of storage and regeneration, the extra transmission costs and the cost of curtailment which is inevitable as more intermittent renewables are added to the system.

You also fail to point out that the gas plants have to be constructed to cover close to 100% of the expected demand for periods when the wind fails to deliver.

Showing only the raw generation costs doesn't provide any useful data as to the final costs of electricity, you must look at the whole system costs.

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