Power to methane is one of those things you think could never work... But is shockingly close to being economic. (View Post)

A couple of reasons: Firstly, unless you had a series of barrages around the UK, then while you knew when the electricity was coming, it was still intermittent. Secondly, there was a degree of scepti… (View Post)

You would be amazed how accurate forecasting is for solar and wind these days: the grid operator usually knows within 2-3% what output will be a couple of hours in advance. Re multiple tidal barrages… (View Post)

Facts? You can prove anything with "facts". (View Post)

For what it's worth, I think it probably would have been worth a try. Too often we -as a country- worry too much about failure. Success always starts with failure. (View Post)