On 18/05/2021 16:56, AJH wrote:
On 18/05/2021 14:34, John Rumm wrote:
What always intrigues me about pieces like that, is how they all gloss
over the fact that the renewables industry in the UK is dependant on
gas for balancing load and intermittent supply.


Surely the reason for not having domestic gas boilers is thatÂ* there is
far more utility in burning it in a combined cycle electricity
generator, possibly linked to some district heating than just heating
water up to 80C and circulating it. Thus some may still be available to
fill in the gaps renewables leave.

Not really when modern condensing boilers are up to 94% efficient -
which is significantly better than even combined cycle generators ...
and that's before transmission losses of around 20%.