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Henry Fingleton retweeted
Reducing Ireland's "reliance on fossil fuels" is key to easing costs for households and businesses in the long term.
That's according to Deloitte Ireland Chief Economist Kate English.
#TonightVMTV
Henry Fingleton retweeted
Denmark spent decades building nearly 5,000 wind turbines
Together, they produced 21.6 TWh in the last 12 months
One nuclear plant in Sweden made 23.3 TWh
Oh, and nuclear runs 24/7 — wind doesn’t
There's one big reason Denmark has some of the most expensive electricity in the world
transparency.entsoe.eu/gener…
api.energidataservice.dk/dat…
eia.gov/electricity/monthly/…
iaea.org/publications/16059
Henry Fingleton retweeted
This European politician spent most of his political career making energy in the EU among the costliest in the world
And now, to prevent people from turning to populists and extremists (not voting for him) — he's finally focused on making energy cheap
theguardian.com/world/live/2…
Henry Fingleton retweeted
Good article by Brenda Power in today's Irish Daily Mail about the stupidity of liberal western woman.
'Who could have foreseen that people from intolerant, misogynistic and theocratic cultures wouldn't all turn into cuddly industrious and broad-minded peaceniks once they'd landed in Europe, greeted by nice liberal ladies waving Refugees welcome banners.'
Henry Fingleton retweeted
If nobody ever had to call their TD for help navigating the Irish public sector, that would be the #1 source of votes gone. So the system must stay bad - whether politicians realise this consciously or not:
johnandsarah.ie/p/strikes-a-…
If you want to understand Ireland’s energy system, @XEnergyIreland is a must follow.
Wind helps us save millions of cubic meters of gas burning on windy days. Thank you, wind. But we have hit peak wind, so don't expect an increase in those fuel burn savings in your lifetime or your kid's lifetime.
Wind does not set our wholesale price of electricity; gas does, ultimately. Wind also increases the portions of our bill that we pay as final retail price of electricity. Wind increases overall grid/network costs and even increases the cost of running a gas plant itself.
Solar doesn't work at night and is barely noticed in the winter.
Gas supplies almost 100% backup of our entire electricity grid; therefore, it is critical for EV car charging and those with heat pumps for heating. For electrification of society, it's therefore critical.
Gas is always required...100% of the time, 365/24/7, as it supplies synchronous power and will be required for the rest of this century at least (beyond 2100)
1/3 of households, mainly urban, use that same gas for heating their homes with gas boilers; another 10% now rely on our gas-backed grid to operate electrically powered heat pumps.
Ireland has zero days of gas storage availability and is the only country that is fully reliant on gas AND has no such strategic storage or import facilities.
Very few other countries have made themselves this dependent on gas and fooled themselves into thinking wind would replace it.
Henry Fingleton retweeted
Wind helps us save millions of cubic meters of gas burning on windy days. Thank you, wind. But we have hit peak wind, so don't expect an increase in those fuel burn savings in your lifetime or your kid's lifetime.
Wind does not set our wholesale price of electricity; gas does, ultimately. Wind also increases the portions of our bill that we pay as final retail price of electricity. Wind increases overall grid/network costs and even increases the cost of running a gas plant itself.
Solar doesn't work at night and is barely noticed in the winter.
Gas supplies almost 100% backup of our entire electricity grid; therefore, it is critical for EV car charging and those with heat pumps for heating. For electrification of society, it's therefore critical.
Gas is always required...100% of the time, 365/24/7, as it supplies synchronous power and will be required for the rest of this century at least (beyond 2100)
1/3 of households, mainly urban, use that same gas for heating their homes with gas boilers; another 10% now rely on our gas-backed grid to operate electrically powered heat pumps.
Ireland has zero days of gas storage availability and is the only country that is fully reliant on gas AND has no such strategic storage or import facilities.
Very few other countries have made themselves this dependent on gas and fooled themselves into thinking wind would replace it.
Henry Fingleton retweeted
Student union ideology when you have a hand on the nations rudder is not a good look. Blaming 'the private sector' (the source of virtually all govt income) is about as retrograde as it gets. Why not look to obvious causes like regulations, net zero, carbon taxes, anti-oil etc?
I want to be honest about how we’ve got to a place where British billpayers are paying some of the highest energy costs in Europe.
Over the past 40 years, we’ve given up control of our necessities, outsourced our essentials and privatised the basics. Water, transport, housing. And of course, energy.
Now the public are paying the price. We haven’t invested in the infrastructure we need. Conflict overseas has pushed up energy costs and it’s hurting our businesses and families.
That’s why we need to take back greater control of our energy system.
This week, I announced Great British Grid, which will speed up connections and push down bills.
We’re also giving mayors, local leaders and communities a stronger role. With funding for People’s Power projects, communities will be able to build solar panels on libraries and town halls, hydro schemes in rivers or publicly owned windfarms on local land.
But it’s not just energy we need stronger public control over. It’s also water, housing, transport and care.
So we’re repealing the ban on public ownership of water companies. We’re building more council homes than this country has seen since the end of World War Two.
We’re reforming the leasehold system so families aren’t squeezed for every penny. And we’re opening up home ownership for first time buyers who can’t rely on the bank of mum and dad.
This week I also announced my determination to introduce a National Care Service, to put people above profit and to give pensioners peace of mind.
Together, we’ll rewire the country from top to bottom so that it works for all people in all places.
That is the only way to put Britain back on the right path. It’s the only way to put power back in people’s hands. And it’s the only way we will bring hope again.
Henry Fingleton retweeted
On Ireland's highest-in-world household electricity prices. Just wondering… is a single government energy advisor or academic committee member from the last 20 years going to step up and take a sliver of responsibility? Or nah.
Another delusional climate article by the @IrishTimes - fossil fuels have lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty and there is no realistic alternative. e-pages.dk/irishtimes/51603/…
Henry Fingleton retweeted
On 30 July, UK Foreign Secretary said Europe’s wildfires "remind us that the climate crisis is happening now"
NASA’s satellite record, 1 January to that day: Europe’s burned area was 3rd lowest
The fires were real. They were not evidence that Europe was burning more than ever
Henry Fingleton retweeted
🌎1. Climate ideology has been supplanted by realism.
💭2. Irish Government must accept the reality that the 2050 emissions targets are impossible.
👩🔬3. Re-establish a direct link between Government and engineering expertise in the State.
💵4. CRU must establish proper cost analyses of the electricity market.
☢️5. Establish an institutional nuclear structure for the development of SMRs.
(Chair of 🇮🇪 IAE)
lnkd.in/p/epuki6bs
The @IrishTimes are v misinformed if they think #wind is going to do anything for energy security. They do not realise that wind is close to max penetration on the grid and storage at grid scale is impossible- e-pages.dk/irishtimes/51598/…
Henry Fingleton retweeted
I think new data on sluggish growth on wind, storage and eventually solar, will force a rethink. EU will be forced to adapt and go all in on alternative. Prediction is by 2035 - 2040 we will see a resurgence of nuclear in most major countries and even SMRs replacing thermal gas plant. And Ireland will be the last to act, and a basket case.
Henry Fingleton retweeted
A reminder of some very wise words from Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius commanded the most powerful empire on Earth while facing back to back catastrophes: the Antonine Plague, treason by his top general, ongoing border wars, and the deaths of eight of his children.
Yet his private journal, Meditations, wasn't a battle plan. It was a manual for not losing his mind.
Here is why his exact operating system explains modern paralysis and how he solved it: 🧵
Henry Fingleton retweeted
Here is a 6-year graph of European grid's (CESA / all mainland countries) performance with wind and solar growth for the past 6 years, with seasonal black line showing demand. Source: Ember
Note the very poor low growth rate for wind for the whole continent. Wind providing 16% of Europe's electricity demand, while solar catching up and providing 15%. 𝗧𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗪&𝗦 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 = 𝟯𝟭% 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆.
Furthermore, electricity in Europe accounts for 22% of the total energy, which means W&S combined provided only 6.8% of Europe's Final Energy Demand.
Henry Fingleton retweeted
Germany currently has about 26 gigawatt hours of battery storage. Most of it sits in home batteries with only 4.3 gigawatt hours actually serving the grid.
Building that storage already cost more than €10 billion, and at national demand levels it only covers roughly 30 minutes of summer electricity usage.
The winter months bring what's known as 'dunkelflaute' -- cold dark windless periods (and higher energy usage).
To survive a 10-day winter lull (the minimum realistic requirement), Germany would need about 12,000 gigawatt hours of batteries, 470 times today's storage.
Such a system would weigh roughly 60 million tons and would be made from vast quantities of lithium, nickel, graphite, copper, aluminum and steel -- all requiring intensive mining.
At current battery prices, the system would cost trillions of euros. And batteries last only 10 to 15 years, meaning the entire system would need constant replacement.
The conclusion is unavoidable:
Wind and solar require reliable backup power --renewables need oil, coal, gas and nuclear.
Henry Fingleton retweeted
Atomkraft er imponerende effektivt til at skabe enorme mængder energi.
Én enkelt svensk reaktor har produceret mere strøm end alle Danmarks vindmøller tilsammen.
Og svenskerne har fire styk af disse reaktorer som hver især går gjort det samme.
Henry Fingleton retweeted
The world runs on fossil fuels; renewables are mostly not what you think:
80.5% of all global energy (not just electricity) from fossil fuels
Renewables 14.5%
most from biomass (8.4%)
Solar + wind just 2.9%
Latest global data for 2024, IEA: iea.org/data-and-statistics/…
Henry Fingleton retweeted
Pure fantasy:
Germany’s promise to be free of fossil fuels by 2045
is free of reality
iea.org/data-and-statistics/…
bundesumweltministerium.de/f…
