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Capacity factor for wind is about 20%, for solar about 12.5%, for nuclear 90%. So let me restate it for you: The UK's combined annual wind (40TWh) and solar (
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Capacity factor for wind is about 20%, for solar about 12.5%, for nuclear 90%. So let me restate it for you:
The UK's combined annual wind (40TWh) and solar (14TWh) generation capacity is still less than 3/4 of nuclear (72TWh).
Capacity factor aside, unreliability aside, seasonal variation aside, real word aside... you can argue literally anything.
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- philipkglass 6y agoYour numbers sound out of date. See the data tables here: https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/data-portal/electricity-generation-mix-quarter-and-fuel-source-gb https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/data-portal/electricity-generation-... In 2019 the UK generated 51.04 TWh from nuclear and 76.55 TWh from wind and solar.
- jwilliamson 6y agoThe last year Britain had a capacity factor for wind that low was 2010. The capacity factor last year was 33%.