National Grid’s optimistic approach leaves our energy system vulnerable to black swan events
Once again, it is time to assess the likelihood of the lights going out this winter.
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Once again, it is time to assess the likelihood of the lights going out this winter.
For the country’s rich, to live by load-shedding – with 6-10 hours of power cuts every day – is inconvenient. For the poor, it is discombobulating.
Energy-saving trials are being attacked by Net Zero lovers and haters. They don’t deserve it.
A cold, cloudy, windless winter will be high up on Vladimir Putin’s Christmas list.
The UK is likely to make it through the winter uninterrupted, but it’s managing margins. It is incomprehensible that Truss hasn’t launched a programme to reduce demand.
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