{"id":180502,"date":"2022-01-01T14:03:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T13:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=180502"},"modified":"2022-01-01T14:26:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T13:26:27","slug":"wind-power-drops-by-a-third-in-q3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=180502","title":{"rendered":"Wind Power Drops by a Third in Q3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">h\/t Joe Public<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">The latest energy trends data have been published by BEIS:<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"180504\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=180504\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb.png?fit=550%2C653&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"550,653\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0image_thumb\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb.png?fit=550%2C653&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb.png?resize=698%2C829&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-180504\" width=\"698\" height=\"829\" title=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb.png?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb.png?resize=253%2C300&amp;ssl=1 253w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb.png?resize=67%2C80&amp;ssl=1 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is quite shocking to see that wind generation has fallen by 38% for onshore and 24% for offshore year on year. This is despite new capacity being added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are familiar with short term drops in output, maybe for a few days or even weeks. But to lose effectively a third of generation for a whole quarter shows just how dangerous over reliance on wind power is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The difference was made up largely from imports, which doubled:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"180505\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=180505\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb-1.png?fit=716%2C81&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"716,81\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0image_thumb-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb-1.png?fit=716%2C81&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb-1.png?resize=723%2C82&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-180505\" width=\"723\" height=\"82\" title=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb-1.png?w=716&amp;ssl=1 716w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb-1.png?resize=300%2C34&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0image_thumb-1.png?resize=707%2C80&amp;ssl=1 707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How long we can count on that is anybody\u2019s guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">via<strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"> NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ift.tt\/3FQo1Cn\">https:\/\/ift.tt\/3FQo1Cn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">January 1, 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Paul Homewood h\/t Joe Public The latest energy trends data have been published by BEIS: It is quite shocking to see that wind generation has fallen by 38% for onshore and 24% for offshore year on year. This is despite new capacity being added. We are familiar with short term drops in output, maybe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","has-post-thumbnail","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-KXk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":163124,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=163124","url_meta":{"origin":180502,"position":0},"title":"Wind Turbine Property Value Evidence Rejected in Aussie Court Case","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"17\/09\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Guest essay by Eric Worrall A farmer who alleges wind turbines next door have caused a drop in adjacent property values just had his detailed record of land sales rejected by an Australian court, after the judged ruled the evidence is not an expert opinion. 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