Kathryn Porter
@KathrynPorter26
Independent energy consultant helping businesses with projects across the electricity, gas and oil industries. Visit my website at http://www.watt-logic.com
THIS.... We haven't cut consumption so if we stop producing, guess what happens. We import more But also we lose tax receipts as production declined and then, because fields are now expected to close earlier, the Government will pay c£2 billion in cash per year to producers…
Even Mark Carney - the former High Priest of Net Zero - is ramping up gas production in Canada. The world has changed. Ed Miliband must realise that his plans to shut down the North Sea, only to import more gas from Norway - from the very same fields he is making Britain close…
Every word is true The UK's oil and gas sector is important. It should not be thrown away in favour of higher imports that increase emissions Nor should manufacturing be forced to offshore also increasing overall emissions @Ed_Miliband claims to care about the "climate…
We are through the looking glass now. Hostile language. An impossible fiscal regime. The wilfull de-industrialisation of the UK driven by ideology and driven from Whitehall. This Labour Government is costing jobs and surrendering our energy security 👇
Following on from my blogs last week on the Iberian blackout, here is a video aimed at a more lay audience. I still attempt to explain some of the physics (I can't help myself!) and hope people find it interesting... #Blackout #Renewables #NetZero youtube.com/watch?v=dVJjlw…
Keep an eye out for this film... Will be worth a watch
Our latest 2 minute trailer for the film on energy we have already begun work on:
We should legislate our way to new nuclear, bypassing un-necessary regulation Example: the @iamkepco APR1400 has now been built in two countries with four reactors in each On time and on budget at a fraction of the cost of the alternatives It has been granted regulatory…
There is no low-cost, high-growth energy system without a lot more nuclear. We just need politicians who are brave enough to change the law to deliver it. @Sam_Dumitriu @s8mb @sjarichards @pursuitofprog @RichardOllingtn
Plain good sense from @ClaireCoutinho Example: Sizewell C is an exact copy of Hinkley Point C at a site adjacent to and therefore almost identical to Sizewell A and B Yet there were over 40,000 pages of environmental statements related to its permitting process How? Why? It…
No more fish discos. Backed by @BritainRemade & @lfg_uk, today I’ve set out radical plans to speed up and cut the cost of building the new nuclear power stations we need for our economy, for our energy security and for nature. telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/1…
Plain good sense from @ClaireCoutinho Example: Sizewell C is an exact copy of Hinkley Point C at a site adjacent to and therefore almost identical to Sizewell A and B Yet there were over 40,000 pages of environmental statements related to its permitting process How? Why? It…
Nuclear is the most pro-nature energy source in existence. It is clean, reliable, and uses THREE THOUSAND times less land than wind. Eco-activists hiking costs through the courts are doing more harm to nature than good.
Unemployment is up Inflation is up Well done @RachelReevesMP news.sky.com/story/weaker-j…
This is hilarious! Wind output fell to 214 MW last night and @grok says if every person in the UK blew into wind turbines at the same time we'd generate about the same! 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
Assuming 69 million UK residents each blow hard (8 L/s flow, 36 m/s velocity, 1.2 kg/m³ air density), kinetic power per person is ~6 W. Total peak: ~414 MW, extractable at 50% efficiency: ~207 MW. Close to 214 MW—human huffing could nearly match that low wind output!
We have 32 GW wind turbines connected to the grid That's 32,000 MW Last night actual generation fell to 214 MW That's 0.67% of installed capacity What's the point?? Chart from Elexon (BMRS) @Ed_Miliband @Keir_Starmer @ClaireCoutinho @AndrewBowie_MP @NJ_Timothy…
The average wholesale power price in 2024 was £73 /MWh Below are the CfD strike prices. Note they are going up And these are just the first order costs Then to get the full costs of renewables you have to add - backup - extra network connection costs - curtailment costs -…
This is the usual gibberish from @EdwardJDavey He says "electricity from solar or wind is now significantly cheaper than gas – even when you factor in extra system costs for back-up power". It's not even cheaper head to head per MWh for new projects! independent.co.uk/news/business/…
The Iberian blackout demonstrated the importance of voltage control and reactive power, and how a weak grid, with poor controls, was brought down by a single faulty solar inverter In this second part of my analysis of the Iberian blackout, I examine the specific technical causes…
The Iberian blackout demonstrated the importance of voltage control and reactive power, but these concepts are poorly understood even by people within the electricity sector In this two-part series of posts I will look at voltage, active power and reactive power in power grids…
The Iberian blackout demonstrated the importance of voltage control and reactive power, but these concepts are poorly understood even by people within the electricity sector In this two-part series of posts I will look at voltage, active power and reactive power in power grids…
The Iberian blackout demonstrated the importance of voltage control and reactive power, but these concepts are poorly understood even by people within the electricity sector In this two-part series of posts I will look at voltage, active power and reactive power in power grids…
The Iberian blackout demonstrated the importance of voltage control and reactive power, but these concepts are poorly understood even by people within the electricity sector In this two-part series of posts I will look at voltage, active power and reactive power in power grids…
Today, Energy Secretary @Ed_Miliband said: "Building clean power at pace and scale is the only way to get Britain off the rollercoaster of fossil fuel markets and protect families and businesses for good. As we embark on this new era of clean electricity, a reformed system…
Zonal pricing appears to be dead, and a good thing too! My latest column for The Telegraph explains why Mad Miliband might have accidentally made a good decision for a change... telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/…
