[ZeroGravitas]

Generally fair take, though most of the comments here don't seem to reflect the article's take that it is high gas prices and ongoing work to upgrade transmission that accounts for much of the cost.

They don't mention the previous government effectively banning onshore wind in England which seems relevant. The current version of that party is abandoning net zero to win back gullible voters they themselves misinformed about renewables.

If we want to point fingers for mismanagement I'd start there and probably also allege corruption.

[krona]

The capacity factor of onshore wind in UK (~27%) is far worse than offshore (~40%). So we'd need even more reliable generation if we wanted to cover the hills in windmills and actually depend on them to do anything useful.

Let's not even talk about the capacity factor of solar in the UK.

[ZeroGravitas]

Solar capacity factor in good locations like Australia averages about 22 and peaks under 30%. That isn't going to stop it being the primary source of energy for the human race soon.

It's just weird numerology that gets people hung up on these numbers. It's not clear people even understand what they mean when they bring them up.