{"id":352730,"date":"2024-11-29T13:27:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T12:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=352730"},"modified":"2024-11-29T13:27:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T12:27:15","slug":"irenas-fake-wind-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=352730","title":{"rendered":"IRENA\u2019s Fake Wind\u00a0Costs"},"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

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https:\/\/www.irena.org\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The International Renewable Energy Agency, IRENA, makes no secret that its only objective is to promote renewable energy. It is an intergovernmental organization, with 169 member countries plus the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of its main tools is to convince governments and public that renewable energy is much cheaper than fossil fuels. They have produced this dashboard for onshore wind costs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The UK costs are said to be $0.0314\/kWh, which equates to about \u00a325.12\/MWh. Yet the clearing price for onshore wind at this year\u2019s CfD auction was \u00a350.90\/MWh at 2012 prices, which uplifts to \u00a369.91 at 2023 prices:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clearly IRENA\u2019s costs are not only fake, they are fraudulent. If the UK\u2019s costings are wrong, no doubt every other country\u2019s is as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In any event LCOEs, that is levelised costs, are meaningless, as they don\u2019t include all of the indirect costs associated with intermittency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is worth noting that the BEIS levelised costings published last year, also an unrealistically low cost for onshore wind, though not quite as fanciful as IRENA\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/electricity-generation-costs-2023<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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