A review of GB electricity supply and demand in 2020

8 March 2021

Our review of GB electricity supply and demand in 2020 is now available.

Once again we see that the intermittency of wind makes us totally dependent on fossil fuel sources. Looking to the future - when our dependence on wind is due to increase - it is clear that the cost of the occasional "bonanza" of electricity from wind is the increase in problems caused by wind lulls.

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