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

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John Brown has sent me an analysis he has carried out of how much wind power capacity we would need to run the grid, assuming surplus wind is converted to hydrogen, which is then used to produce electricity in turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John has downloaded all of the BMRS data for last year, ie the wind generation and demand data at 5-minute intervals. His model then calculates how much wind capacity we would need to meet demand at all times of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demand averaged 29 GW last year, but this amount is incidental. Obviously even in a Net Zero future there will be other sources of power, such as nuclear. Equally demand will be much higher in years to come. But what the model enables us to do is to quantify how much wind capacity we would need for any given level of demand, assuming there are no other sources that can be switched on and off to cope with the intermittency of wind power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The model comes up with the following calculations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n