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By Paul Homewood

Kathryn Porter mentioned claims that renewables were now supplying more electricity than coal on a worldwide basis.

As she pointed out, the claim originated with Ember, the renewable lobby outfit who claimed that Labour’s energy plans would reduce bills by £300! Hardly trustworthy then!

And quite why they are making their claim half way through the year, instead of waiting till the end, is highly suspicious.

Nevertheless, if you include hydro and burning trees in “renewables”, renewable and coal generation have been neck and neck for a while:

The trouble is that no reputable organisation classifies hydro in renewables.

Naturally the renewable lobby has jumped on these claims to pretend that the world is rapidly moving to wind and solar power – one contact saw Justin Rowlatt making deceptive claims on the BBC News last night.

The reality is of course much different. Wind and solar only contributed 15% of the world’s electricity last year, and it is unlikely to go much higher this year.

Justin Rowlatt claimed that the world’s energy system is being transformed by “cheap” solar power. That is an outright lie. Solar’s contribution rose from 5.6% in 2023 to 6.7% last year – hardly transformative!