According to a friend working in the local power station their modern gas turbine only achieves 30% efficiency rather than the normal 60. This is because they have to constantly vary the load due to fluctuating renewable energy. When the renewable is contributing they are converting their power to heat up the chimney.
Are Ancestors survived grand for hundreds of thousands years with out Governments & their policies & their power supplies. It's only in the last hundred years, people have come dependant on Governments. I was born in 1984 Wicklow & many people were able to survive grand with out having a shower every day, turning all the lights on in the house, even during the day. Lighting the cities & streets up, like a USA football stadium. I fly to North Africa regularly & people don't waste power there, like we do in Europe. We are spoilt rotten in Northern western Europe
Our electricity contract ended in August 2022. We had the choice of going variable rate (which was something close to £1/kWh) or signing up at 85p/kWh for a year or 50p/kWh for 3 years. We signed up for 3 years (couldn't afford the others!) so we are still paying 50p/kWh 😥 Looking forward to the end of August 2025 !!!
have a look at the Departments website and it says renewables are about 3p per kilowatt and gas 11.5 p. That is accurate. The additional costs are because of the privatisation of the energy market and the trading system. . The real problem for farmers in NI is that the cost of connection to the grid is extortionate compared to the rest of Europe AND/ OR connection is not possible across most of the North so farmers cannot diversify into renewable energy,
Renewables should be cheap and could be cheap but companies are gouging consumers. Look at the offshore wind contract the UK government signed. Minimum price of £80/mwh
What another great, eye opening, informative and educational update/farm theory news Watched your appearance on Fed By Farmer's podcast, just as randomly educational with humour mixed in Keep producing these superb videos Back UK farmer's 🇬🇧 Protect the industry from the government Pig farmer's freeing the sausages to China lol Take care all Geoff
It's no surprise that 2/3 has nothing to do with the cost of production on our farm we were with BG 100 percent renewal and one year to the next price doubled I struggled to understand how renewable costs went up that much
Martin Lewis really needs to hear the energy facts you've shared Andrew. He's a 'fighter' that faces the government with facts and I'd be surprised if he knew the ones you quoted in this video. I'd love to hear him challenge them with the amunition you've provided. Thank you for keeping it fairly simple to understand the facts on energy in the UK.
Pay me now or pay me double later. Energy grid needs to be updated. Full stop. The true costs lie with planning and development. Overhaul the planning laws and you'll see the price of "green" energy plummet. If you do it right it becomes import substitution, keeping all the money in the domestic market and ploughing it back into the economy rather than sending it to the US or Russia by buying their LPG
For how long and at what cost? Do you realise how much it costs to develop that infrastructure? In the long term it's far cheaper to invest in renewable energy, it's far more economically sustainable the issue of intermittency will be worked out, as they were with the fossil fuel grid.
According to a friend working in the local power station their modern gas turbine only achieves 30% efficiency rather than the normal 60. This is because they have to constantly vary the load due to fluctuating renewable energy. When the renewable is contributing they are converting their power to heat up the chimney.
Superb explanation and presentation Andrew.
Thank you!
Are Ancestors survived grand for hundreds of thousands years with out Governments & their policies & their power supplies. It's only in the last hundred years, people have come dependant on Governments. I was born in 1984 Wicklow & many people were able to survive grand with out having a shower every day, turning all the lights on in the house, even during the day. Lighting the cities & streets up, like a USA football stadium. I fly to North Africa regularly & people don't waste power there, like we do in Europe. We are spoilt rotten in Northern western Europe
Great content. Well delivered
Much appreciated!
Our electricity contract ended in August 2022.
We had the choice of going variable rate (which was something close to £1/kWh) or signing up at 85p/kWh for a year or 50p/kWh for 3 years.
We signed up for 3 years (couldn't afford the others!) so we are still paying 50p/kWh 😥
Looking forward to the end of August 2025 !!!
Woooow! That's brutal!
Excellent reporting sir.....
have a look at the Departments website and it says renewables are about 3p per kilowatt and gas 11.5 p. That is accurate. The additional costs are because of the privatisation of the energy market and the trading system. . The real problem for farmers in NI is that the cost of connection to the grid is extortionate compared to the rest of Europe AND/ OR connection is not possible across most of the North so farmers cannot diversify into renewable energy,
Renewables should be cheap and could be cheap but companies are gouging consumers. Look at the offshore wind contract the UK government signed. Minimum price of £80/mwh
France has got it right here, vast majority of,power by nuclear, and a little wind hydro and solar, Not dependent on foreign oil or gas,
Absolutely, but the decision to go nuclear dates back over 50 years. Hard to catch up on that...
What another great, eye opening, informative and educational update/farm theory news
Watched your appearance on Fed By Farmer's podcast, just as randomly educational with humour mixed in
Keep producing these superb videos
Back UK farmer's 🇬🇧
Protect the industry from the government
Pig farmer's freeing the sausages to China lol
Take care all
Geoff
It's no surprise that 2/3 has nothing to do with the cost of production on our farm we were with BG 100 percent renewal and one year to the next price doubled I struggled to understand how renewable costs went up that much
Otherwise known as
Price Gouging 💰 😠 😡
Martin Lewis really needs to hear the energy facts you've shared Andrew. He's a 'fighter' that faces the government with facts and I'd be surprised if he knew the ones you quoted in this video. I'd love to hear him challenge them with the amunition you've provided. Thank you for keeping it fairly simple to understand the facts on energy in the UK.
Btw,
Who's paying his (ML's) wages but
The British Broadcasting 'Corporation',
#CorporateCapture'
🤔 😠 💰
@@finbarreburn5112 Martin Lewis doesn't work for the BBC. 🤦♂️
@@VinoVeritas_
BBC, ITV,CH4
Take your pick 👍
Drill baby drill !
Brilliant Andrew! I wouldn't fall out with Chat GPT. It might come for you one day haha
Good advice. 😂 I may apologise too it. 😂
Holy cow, that intro. Did you move to the US Midwest? Def sounds like something from my neck of the woods
Not sure if that means it was good or bad. 😂
@FarmTheoryNI it was good but unexpected. Was it AI generated?
I refuse to pay it! Haven't paid since 2020
Pay me now or pay me double later. Energy grid needs to be updated. Full stop.
The true costs lie with planning and development. Overhaul the planning laws and you'll see the price of "green" energy plummet. If you do it right it becomes import substitution, keeping all the money in the domestic market and ploughing it back into the economy rather than sending it to the US or Russia by buying their LPG
We could have our own gas
For how long and at what cost? Do you realise how much it costs to develop that infrastructure? In the long term it's far cheaper to invest in renewable energy, it's far more economically sustainable the issue of intermittency will be worked out, as they were with the fossil fuel grid.