Is it too sunny for solar or is it simply because fossil fuels are reliable and get the job done whereas Solar and Wind power are not reliable and cost an arm and a leg?
UK heatwave prompts National Grid to fire up coal plant to meet aircon demand
The decision to turn to the fossil fuel angered green campaigners. Ami McCarthy, Greenpeace UK’s political campaigner, said: “It is a sign of failure that the National Grid is turning to one of the most polluting forms of power generation to deal with a summer heatwave that we know has been made worse because of climate change.”
The Guardian
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