By Paul Homewood
Since yesterday, the UK has been importing up to nearly 3GW of power via the French interconnectors. The question is though, where does the electricity come from?
Last month, for instance, gas, coal and biomass averaged 4.2GW, about 9% of France’s generation:
http://energodock.com/france/electricity-shares
Without UK demand, it is not unreasonable to suppose that gas generation would have been much lower. After all, you don’t turn down wind or nuclear power just like that. Moreover, according to the Gridwatch website, gas generation in France did not fall below 2.6GW last month. (There were times as well when the UK was supplying France). Even in the early hours of the morning, when the interconnector is quiet, gas was still producing at 6GW yesterday:
It makes a nonsense of official claims that any electricity imported is low carbon.
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