See the updated storage and balancing guides for 100 per cent renewable UK scenarios and issues – and also studies on 100% renewable energy systems around the world. This includes including the summary document ‘options for energy storage’ at our webpage HERE There’s lots of fantastic links including links to videos and top papers and … The post Storage and balancing for a 100% Renewable Energy UK! appeared first on 100% Renewable UK ..read more

It has been standard in the UK to talk about the wonders of the French nuclear programme and how if only we copied them nuclear power would get cheaper and cheaper. The story has gone ‘If only we built a series of nuclear power plant like they did’. But it turns out that the idea … The post Exposing myths about building French nuclear power – How French nuclear construction times and costs have been getting longer and longer – for a long time appeared first on 100% Renewable UK ..read more

It is now very well known that the UK has achieved big cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in recent decades. But the notion that the UK is in the lead in action on climate change need to be taken with a bucket load of salt. Britain’s apparent big reductions in greenhouse gas emissions reductions since … The post Why the UK’s claim to be effective in cutting greenhouse emissions should be doubted appeared first on 100% Renewable UK ..read more

Professor Stephen Thomas, the UK’s leading analyst of ‘small modular (nuclear) reactors’, has concluded that the idea faces a dead end, with no future. Yet the UK continues to give large grants to hopeful companies to develop these white elephants. The Government has proclaimed the need for ‘billions of pounds‘ of investment in SMRs. Meanwhile … The post SMRs are useless says the UK’s leading SMR analyst! – 100 per cent renewable energy is much more feasible! appeared first on 100% Renewable UK ..read more

Increasing numbers of solar farms are going ahead without any contractual support from the Government and some of them are based on cooperative or community support Voltalia is among the latest to signal the start of construction of a solar farm which has no financial support organised by the UK Government. The project is being … The post Rise of the Britsh solar farm that doesn’t have government support appeared first on 100% Renewable UK ..read more

The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) of the House of Commons are busy chasing nuclear corporate fantasies for small modular reactors. We want to complain about this set of priorities and insist on an enquiry into the practicalities of a 100 per cent renewable energy system for the UK. However we need more funds to mount … The post Environmental Audit Committee chases SMR fantasies. Support our campaign to change its priorities! appeared first on 100% Renewable UK ..read more

The news that around the world offshore wind prices have gone up after several years of decline is disconcerting. But don’t worry too much folks, because history says the prices will come down again. Here below is a chart from a paper of mine published in 2015 which shows how offshore wind prices (set by … The post Offshore wind prices will soon fall because we’ve been here before….. appeared first on 100% Renewable UK ..read more

The Government are deceiving us about the effectiveness of their new funding mechanism for nuclear power Consumers face a double whammy of bills to pay for the planned nuclear power plant, Sizewell C, due to be given a go-ahead soon. According to a ‘worst case scenario,’ consumers are likely to (collectively) pay around £34 billion … The post Why consumers are very likely to pay a lot more for power from Sizewell C than from Hinkley C appeared first on 100% Renewable UK ..read more

There’s been a lot of talk about how offshore wind has ‘increased’ its costs since the last Government contract auction – but that’s not a patch on nuclear power a la Hinkley C, courtesy of EDF. Capital costs for the project have increased in real (not just inflation) terms by around 50 percent since 2012, … The post Today Hinkley C contract would cost £180 per MWh appeared first on 100% Renewable UK ..read more

Electric car revolution: Polestar experience to date 08/09/2023/in Translation / taken from website; go to hetranslations With 230,000 miles on the clock my 20-year-old Volvo V70 was still going strong, but in early 2022 the time had come to think of a replacement. My mind was made up that the next car had to be … The post How great is my Polestar Electric Vehicle? – Herbert Eppel give a thumbs up! appeared first on 100% Renewable UK ..read more