{"id":260838,"date":"2023-06-05T21:30:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T19:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=260838"},"modified":"2023-06-05T21:30:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T19:30:51","slug":"the-wider-system-costs-of-renewable-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=260838","title":{"rendered":"The Wider System Costs Of Renewable\u00a0Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Willis Eschenbach wrote a piece over at WUWT<\/a> last week, about the widespread use of Levelized Costs of Energy, and their failure to deal with the wider system costs of different sources of generation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned this OECD study, which attempted to measure those wider system costs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/read.oecd-ilibrary.org\/nuclear-energy\/nuclear-energy-and-renewables_9789264188617-en#page1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study was based on data from six countries, so I though I would focus on the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First I should point out that the study was published in 2010, so current costs will be higher, maybe by about 50%. But I believe that the costs are every bit as real now as they were back then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report explains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is the table for the UK:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So at a penetration of 30%, wider system costs would add $45.39\/MWh to the cost of generation itself. Something around \u00a350\/MWh at today\u2019s prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Grid\u2019s Future Energy Scenarios suggest that wind and solar power will supply four fifths of electricity by 2035, about 450 TWh, most of which will be offshore wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leaving aside the question of whether such a high penetration is even practicable, at a cost of \u00a350\/MWh the wider system costs will amount to \u00a322 billion, over \u00a3800 per household.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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