Solar Energy Surge May Force Power Stations to Switch Off in Net Zero Farce – Guido Fawkes

Solar Energy Surge May Force Power Stations to Switch Off in Net Zero Farce

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Red Ed’s net zero dream is crumbling under the weight of its own poster child – solar power. A new report by Britain’s National Energy System Operator (NESO) forecasts that a flood of solar energy from solar farms this summer could swamp the national grid and throw it off balance, warning they may have to tell power stations to switch off to maintain flexibility. An interesting use of the time of bizarre quango NESO…

The report says the grid needs a constant level of ‘flexible’ power sources to keep supply and demand balanced and avoid blackouts. If demand drops too low, NESO warns there may not be enough of these plants running, triggering a “negative reserve active power margin” notice where ‘inflexible’ power stations are told to disconnect from the grid. Head of policy at the Global Warming Policy Foundation Harry Wilkinson tells Guido:

“The GWPF has been warning about these kind of problems for many years, but Ed Miliband is ploughing on regardless. He must know that he’s creating an unsustainable and unstable grid. Renewables are milking the system while failing to generate energy when people really need it.”

Last year, bill payers forked out nearly £1 billion pounds to switch off wind farms when it was too windy. Ed’s green dream is running out of steam when the grid can’t even handle handle the energy overload…