Massive Electricity Price Rises Expected as National Grid Confirms Gas is the Only Back-Up for Intermittent Renewables by Chris Morrison

The pretence that electricity can be stored at scale to support unreliable renewables is nowhere to be seen

The cat is finally out of the bag. 

It is planned that Britain by 2030 will produce 95% of its electricity from so-called green sources with 5% coming from gas. 

• The pretence that electricity can be stored at scale to support unreliable renewables is nowhere to be seen in a recent Guardian interview with Fintan Slye, the head of National Energy System Operator (NESO). 
• “There will continue to be a significant amount of power plants in reserve for the cold, dull, windless weeks of winter, but they will run for only limited periods,” observes Slye, whose operation was recently nationalised and is responsible for balancing supply and demand across the National Grid.
• His remarks both clarify and strike fear at the same time. 
• There is no back-up at scale for intermittent breezes and sunbeams and this has been obvious for some time, although the subject is rarely discussed in mainstream media and politics...