Ed Miliband admits wind farms will generate a lot less power than thought
Only about 70% of what was previously expected from UK wind power is now forecast. This looks pretty dire for UK electricity generation, in terms of both costs and supply, leaving so-called net zero targets further away than ever and with no obvious plan to fill the gap other than yet more of the same. The revised figures could still be over-optimistic.
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Ed Miliband [has been] accused of overseeing ‘bogus’ Net Zero claims after he slashed forecasts for the amount of electricity being generated by wind farms, says the Daily Mail.
The Energy Secretary was revealed to have revised down the predicted efficiency of wind turbines by more than a quarter as a result of ‘updated modelling’.
The Telegraph reported that the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) had cut the ‘load factor’ – the proportion of the year turbines are expected to generate power – from 61 per cent to 43.6 per cent for offshore wind.
The estimated load factor for onshore turbines was also revised down, from 48.7 per cent to 33.4 per cent, according to the newspaper.
The changes were blamed on new modelling showing that wind turbines generated less power at various wind speeds than previously thought, as well as updated assumptions on what can cause turbines to lose power.
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Nick Hibberd, of RenewableUK, said: ‘In previous auctions, load factor assumptions have been very high compared to reasonable expectations of offshore wind generation in future years.’
RenewableUK said the current actual load factor for offshore turbines was about 38 per cent.
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Source: https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/ed-miliband-admits-wind-farms-will-generate-a-lot-less-power-than-thought/
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