[Arragonis]

Given my history on this kind of thread I have refrained from commenting, and will do from this point forward except to state that this from page 1 of this thread :

Originally Posted by Nigel_S

As far as the UK is concerned, practice appears to be proving them wrong.

RenewableUK | RenewableUK News - New record high: 22% of UK electricity from wind

That's only electricity generation and also the best rather than average 24 hour period but the technology keeps developing and costs keep reducing.

as an example of "success" is, to quote Professor Brian Cox on Twitter - "total bollocks".

If you don't believe me, maybe you should watch a professor from Oxford University describe just how cr@p the UK energy policy, which favours renewables, actually is here.

For more info the actual real hour by hour UK grid status with history is here

U.K. National Grid status

Yes you can cherry pick times and periods when renewables go as high as 20+%, but in the cold snap of 2010/11 renewables produced something between feck and begorrah all when we really needed it - no wind, and solar covered in snow - and we burned coal, loads and loads of it, as well as gas which we imported from the middle east or Russia.

Like "Nuclear free" and "wants out of CO2 committments" Germany is doing - right now.