{"id":365437,"date":"2025-02-08T17:47:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T16:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=365437"},"modified":"2025-02-08T17:47:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T16:47:48","slug":"2024-power-generation-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=365437","title":{"rendered":"2024 power generation in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"365447\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=365447\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0How-To-Combine-Wind-Turbine-And-Solar-Panels-Wiring-scaled-1.jpg?fit=2560%2C1708&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1708\" 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=\"0How-To-Combine-Wind-Turbine-And-Solar-Panels-Wiring-scaled\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0How-To-Combine-Wind-Turbine-And-Solar-Panels-Wiring-scaled-1.jpg?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0How-To-Combine-Wind-Turbine-And-Solar-Panels-Wiring-scaled-1.jpg?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0How-To-Combine-Wind-Turbine-And-Solar-Panels-Wiring-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0How-To-Combine-Wind-Turbine-And-Solar-Panels-Wiring-scaled-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0How-To-Combine-Wind-Turbine-And-Solar-Panels-Wiring-scaled-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0How-To-Combine-Wind-Turbine-And-Solar-Panels-Wiring-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1025&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0How-To-Combine-Wind-Turbine-And-Solar-Panels-Wiring-scaled-1.jpg?resize=2048%2C1366&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0How-To-Combine-Wind-Turbine-And-Solar-Panels-Wiring-scaled-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C801&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0How-To-Combine-Wind-Turbine-And-Solar-Panels-Wiring-scaled-1.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/0How-To-Combine-Wind-Turbine-And-Solar-Panels-Wiring-scaled-1.jpg?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2025\/02\/07\/2024-power-generation-in-the-uk\/\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edmhdotme.wpcomstaging.com\/2024-power-generation-in-the-uk\/\">From edmhdotme<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ed Hoskins,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Germany, the United Kingdom and France account for close to half of all European Weather-Dependent \u201cRenewables\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The illustrations here show the hourly power production by all generation technologies. &nbsp;The data is as complete as possible for the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The United Kingdom power generation illustrated 2024<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Gridwatch UK data had a major deficiency from 1\/6\/2024 to 10\/7\/2024, accordingly a batch of data was substituted from later in July that year. &nbsp;This substitution will not materially affect any cumulative results shown here.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"449\" data-attachment-id=\"365438\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=365438\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-101.png?fit=3210%2C1994&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3210,1994\" 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=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-101.png?fit=723%2C449&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-101.png?resize=723%2C449&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-101.png?resize=1024%2C636&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-101.png?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-101.png?resize=768%2C477&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-101.png?resize=1536%2C954&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-101.png?resize=2048%2C1272&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-101.png?resize=1200%2C745&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-101.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-101.png?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"254\" data-attachment-id=\"365440\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=365440\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-102.png?fit=3188%2C1122&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3188,1122\" 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=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-102.png?fit=723%2C254&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-102.png?resize=723%2C254&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-102.png?resize=1024%2C360&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-102.png?resize=300%2C106&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-102.png?resize=768%2C270&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-102.png?resize=1536%2C541&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-102.png?resize=2048%2C721&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-102.png?resize=1200%2C422&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-102.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-102.png?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>UK Weather-Dependent \u201cRenewables\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"274\" data-attachment-id=\"365442\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=365442\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-103.png?fit=3210%2C1216&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3210,1216\" 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=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-103.png?fit=723%2C274&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-103.png?resize=723%2C274&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-103.png?resize=1024%2C388&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-103.png?resize=300%2C114&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-103.png?resize=768%2C291&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-103.png?resize=1536%2C582&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-103.png?resize=2048%2C776&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-103.png?resize=1200%2C455&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-103.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-103.png?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"257\" data-attachment-id=\"365443\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=365443\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-104.png?fit=3188%2C1134&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3188,1134\" 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=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-104.png?fit=723%2C257&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-104.png?resize=723%2C257&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-104.png?resize=1024%2C364&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-104.png?resize=300%2C107&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-104.png?resize=768%2C273&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-104.png?resize=1536%2C546&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-104.png?resize=2048%2C728&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-104.png?resize=1200%2C427&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-104.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-104.png?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Productivity matters<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"267\" data-attachment-id=\"365445\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=365445\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-105.png?fit=1024%2C378&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,378\" 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=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-105.png?fit=723%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-105.png?resize=723%2C267&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-105.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-105.png?resize=300%2C111&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-105.png?resize=768%2C284&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The illustrations of UK power generation in 2024 shown above, indicate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the imposition of an additional ~48 Gigawatt of Weather-Dependent \u201cRenewables\u201d has reduced the overall UK power fleet productivity, normally ~90%, down to ~39.5%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>in 2024 ~48GW of installed Weather-Dependent \u201cRenewables\u201d contributed the equivalent of ~9GW to the UK grid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>in 2024 UK Weather-Dependent \u201cRenewables\u201d achieved a combined productivity of\u00a0~18.4%, a relatively low value.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>in 2024 Offshore UK wind power, which is normally quite productive, only achieved the low level of productivity of 23.5%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the unreliability and intermittency of both Onshore and Offshore Wind power is clear from the third graphic above:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wind power output can vary from close to full power on occasions down to virtually nil power output within a few hours.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Solar power is inevitably diurnal, very variable Summer to Winter and dependent on cloudiness. \u00a0The UK is one of the cloudiest nations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Solar power consistently has continued its low overall productivity of only ~10%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Solar power contributed most power at periods of low demand during the summer and very little during the winter, the period of high demand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the daily timing of the contribution from Solar power does not meet the high power demand in winter evenings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>although capital installation costs of Solar power are almost comparable to Gas-firing for nameplate capital costs, Solar power output actually costs ~10 times as much as Gas-firing to install and maintain when its low productivity is taken into account.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the UK is heavily dependent on imported power, largely Nuclear from France, the Netherlands and Norway, amounting to ~15% of power generation over the year, with the UK exporting power only on rare occasions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UK energy security is at risk by having to rely on imported power:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Norway is already considering curtailing its exports to the UK and retaining its power output for its own domestic use.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>France has threatened its supply to the UK in a dispute over the Channel Islands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>imported power was close to equivalent to the output of the whole of the UK\u2019s current indigenous consistent Nuclear power generation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the final closure of the last UK Coal-fired power station occurred in 2024, it contributed less than 1% of power demand before closure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the installation of ~48GW, Weather-Dependent \u201cRenewables\u201d ~65% of the present UK generation fleet, also produced a similar ~30% cumulative power output as from Gas-firing but that \u201cRenewable\u201d power output was non-dispatchable on demand: \u201cRenewables\u201d achieved at a combined productivity of only ~18.5% in 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>imported Biomass, with CO2 emissions about 4 times that of Gas-firing, contributed a dispatchable ~7% of UK demand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>using imported Biomass negated all and any CO2 emissions savings made by other Weather-Dependent \u201cRenewables\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>with a installation of ~10GW+ Natural gas generated about 30% of all UK power at a productivity of ~87%: this power output was flexibly dispatchable, available to meet demand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gas-firing, but not using indigenous UK gas resources, was largely able to compensate for the intermittency and unreliability of the large scale imposition of Weather-Dependent \u201cRenewables\u201d already installed in the UK.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Data: &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk\/\">gridwatch.templar.co.uk &nbsp; ref.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-edmhdotme wp-block-embed-edmhdotme\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0GTSExBFq7\"><a 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