Tag: Solar Power

Renewables are not cheap and are never going to be, says David Turver. With over £12 billion being paid in subsidies to or because of renewables each year, the claim that renewable will save us money is a myth.

Every job in wind and solar power is currently costing the taxpayer over £250,000 in subsidies every year. This isn't the promised "green prosperity"; it's the path to penury.

EU solar panel-makers are on the brink of extinction as a massive oversupply from China sees manufacturers pulling out of the market or facing insolvency.

They're unreliable, expensive, environmentally destructive and need a backup on standby. When will politicians accept that wind and solar power can't replace fossil fuels, asks Richard Burcik.

Swathes of farmland are being earmarked for wind farms and solar parks under new initiatives allowing renewable energy companies to charge customers more for their power if they generate it close to where it is needed.

Last week, wind and solar contributed almost nada to Britain's electricity needs and without gas-and coal-powered turbines coming to our aid 1,000s of people would have died. Time to rethink Net Zero, says Chris Morrison.

Australia is the latest country to buy in to the 'clean energy superpower' myth, says David Craig. In reality, it's cheap, reliable fossil fuel that enables countries like China and India to be manufacturing superpowers.

"Living off-grid has shown me that anyone who thinks modern society can function on a power grid that runs on just solar and wind power without 100% backup capacity for cloudy, still days is totally deluded."

The problem with trying to live on solar power, says Guy de la Bédoyère, as he does, is that how much energy you have depends entirely on how much the sun is shining. And very often it isn't.

Britain was forced to burn coal to generate electricity again this week after solar panel generation failed because it was too sunny. But the coal plant is due to be closed next year. What will we do then?