On 17/08/16 09:12, Chris Hogg wrote:
Is
there a secret government agenda here, to go for lots of wind-power
backed up by OCGT's to cope with the doldrum days, that we mere
mortals know nothing about?

Its not that secret.
Government is prepared to pay for capacity, no matter how cheap.

Interesting thing of course.

The study done on the Irish grid shows that half the potential carbon
savings from wind were lost due to the increase in inefficiency of CCGT
kit run in "whores' drawers" mode.

Replacing that CCGT with half-the-efficiency OCGT means that all those
windmills won't reduce CO2 emissions one iota...chuck in some Diesel
plant and its probable that the net effect of the windmills will be to
increase emissions overall.


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