National Grid executives have warned of blackouts before the end of the decade in London and the South East due to unreliable wind and solar power in private remarks that contradict the company’s official position. The Telegraph has more.
In private conversations with the energy industry, executives from the Grid’s Electricity System Operator (ESO) claimed the network was becoming so congested that “there will be blackouts in the South East by 2028”, one industry source claimed.
They blamed the looming threat on the switch to less predictable wind and solar power, coupled with outdated market rules that critics say are exacerbating bottlenecks.
The ESO is campaigning to introduce so-called zonal pricing where power suppliers can be paid more in the South East than elsewhere if demand is higher.
A second energy industry source confirmed that the ESO is “very worried about keeping the lights on” in the region, adding that the possibility of blackouts was “credible” in the coming years if the problem was not addressed.
The ESO on Tuesday said that its official position did not predict blackouts in 2028, but declined to comment on the private remarks.
Worth reading in full.
In the Spectator, Ross Clark says the fact that National Grid’s “public utterances are at odds with what its executives are saying in private is perhaps the most worrying aspect. It shows we are not having an open and honest debate about Miliband’s decarbonisation plan, nor about Net Zero targets in general”.
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Which Politicians can we line up to take the rap for this crazy situation ? Let us start with Milliband and May and have them prosecuted for sabotage of the British Economy !
The sooner, the better. Preferably before even more disastrous policies are implemented like completely closing down North Sea production.
Let the anger build.
Many key Data Center’s in the SE and London. They run the grid of tech which powers the laptop classes little world and bubble they live in. Those DCs won’t run on bird choppers or ridiculous solar panels. You might have parts of the grid turned off for stretches at a time ie. no work from home, no app access etc etc. Even those events are unlikely to wake up the sheeple or change the minds of Eco Fascists.
All the countries that don’t use very much energy dense fuels for energy (oil, gas, coal, nuclear) are poor third world countries. Fossil fuels etc means rich country.
Correct, so simple arithmetic tells you that this supposedly rich country will just become poorer and poorer. ——–That is the whole point of the Eco Socialism that scum like Miliband subscribe to. Although he is the worst in this regard, the whole Political Class are in on this Marxist scam.
It is a cult. Facts and logic didn’t lead them to believe what they do, and facts and logic are no use in convincing them otherwise. As was noted in another reply, 70% of people get their news from the BBC. They believe what is put in front of them.
Power cuts – just another far-right conspiracy theory
Look at this lame attempt at a PsyOp. Trying to put the frighteners on the general public, because the vast majority of us are wise enough to avoid MSM like the plague and share info, ideas and support on alternative platforms, namely X nowadays. The comments are golden. People seeing right through this and calling it out for what it is;
”Think before you post! Content that incites violence or hatred isn’t just harmful – it can be illegal.
The CPS takes online violence seriously and will prosecute when the legal test is met. Remind those close to you to share responsibly or face the consequences.”
https://x.com/diaryinthewest/status/1821241207785451796
I thought this person made a valid point;
https://x.com/Latics/status/1821241133659214045
EDIT: Oops, forgot you can’t see comments if you’ve not got an account. This is the original by the CPS;
https://x.com/CPSUK/status/1821227881575403810
Yes a very funny joke.
They are a fact of life in my rural area in the wilds of N Cheshire. most of the electricity is distributed via overhead cables on telegraph poles. They are at the mercy of trees, suicidal squirrels and careless motorists.
“We are going to have to get used to using electricity as and when it is available” —–Steve Holliday (The Head of the National Grid) 2007-2016. ——-Wakey wakey people. You are having reliable affordable energy removed (coal and gas) and replaced by unreliable unaffordable energy (wind and sun). —–This is all being done because UK Politicians are pandering to the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda, that thinks western lifestyles are too high. The standard of living that people have acquired in this country through the use of affordable fossil fuels is to be greatly reduced and the excuse for that is the bogus science of climate change, which is the greatest pseudo scientific fraud ever perpetrated. Millions are being forced into energy poverty and because cold is a much bigger threat to human life than heat, many will die as a result of these absurd climate policies.
An outbreak of honesty, swiftly suppressed.
Yes, the lefties welcomed on to on the Hard Right GBNews last night were blaming the Telegraph for pushing this story. Stories from Australia and elsewhere of the actual consequences of high penetration of wind and solar don’t seem to have passed their filters.