Chris B’s Thoughts
Chris BondChris Bond is happily retired after working over forty years in Energy. His hobby is analysing real data – mainly from the UK, USA, and Europe – to assess whether reality supports 'net zero' ambitions. Spoiler alert: it mostly doesn’t.
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Batteries to the Rescue?
Introduction
My last post “Energy ‘Transition’ on the NEM” was based on just over two years of ½-hourly power generation data from the Eastern Australia power grid (the NEM). In it I identified two deep NEM-wide Wind lulls: in June 20...
Energy 'Transition' on the NEM
Introduction
I’ve written multiple posts about Australia’s NEM, because it’s a live experiment on a continental scale. By that I mean it’s testing the theory that a modern, wealthy, industrialised territory can still #KeepTheLightsOn...
NESO Maths: Double Ungood
Summary
The UK National Energy System Operator (NESO) provides a data portal of “Historic generation mix and carbon intensity”.
The NESO data for ZERO_CARBON_perc [percentages] reported each ½-hour time interval throughout the datafi...
Heiße, gleißende Windstille
We are in the midst of a heatwave, and this heatwave feels worse than the last one.
It’s been reported that solar farm output has been reduced because of the high temperatures, but I find it difficult to discern that signal in the Gridwatc...
400 Days on the 'Renewable' GB Grid
This post is a follow-up to some posts last year which, between them, should provide you with all the context you might need: How’s it Going, Ed? through More Over-Abundant Wind to DESNZ to Include (some) Reality.
For this post I’ve downlo...
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Chemical engineer, over 40 years in the Energy world (mainly oil, gas and petrochemical); dislike extremism; open to tolerant debate. For further info see my LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-bond-b1902423/
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