Deindustrialization 16, UK expensive electricity, coal to avoid blackout

These are ironic, if not comedy, stories for an industrial country. Enjoy.
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UK Grid Puts Coal Plant On Standby While Ordering Wind Farm to Cut Output
By Charles Kennedy - Jul 06, 2023
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/UK-Grid-Puts-Coal-Plant-On-Standby-While-Ordering-Wind-Farm-to-Cut-Output.html

Billionaire Ratcliffe Sees UK Energy Policy Wrecking Industries
UK government made ‘daft’ decisions on nuclear: Ratcliffe
Competitive energy is critical for manufacturing investments
By Sabah Meddings and David Hellier
July 6, 2023
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-06/british-billionaire-ratcliffe-slams-uk-energy-policy-as

Wind Lobbyists Push UK Government For More Subsidies
July 6, 2023
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wind-lobbyists-push-uk-government-150000778.html

Revealed: Brits are paying the highest electricity bills in the entire world
BY:MICHIEL WILLEMS January 14, 2023
https://www.cityam.com/revealed-brits-are-paying-the-highest-electricity-bills-in-the-entire-world/

Sky-High UK Energy Bills Shouldn't Be The Norm
By City A.M - Jul 07, 2023
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Sky-High-UK-Energy-Bills-Shouldnt-Be-The-Norm.html

Britain’s energy failure risks killing off what is left of our manufacturing base
Sir Jim’s latest lambast provides yet another wake-up call to sleepy ministers
BEN MARLOW 7 July 2023
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/07/07/britain-energy-failure-risks-killing-off-manufacturing-base/

The Tory civil war over climate policy is heating up - and there is no peace deal in sight
James Murray 03 July 2023
https://www.businessgreen.com/analysis/4119365/tory-civil-war-climate-policy-heating-peace-deal-sight

Why The U.S. Has Become The Blackout Capital Of The Developed World
By Alex Kimani - Jul 02, 2023
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Why-The-US-Has-Become-The-Blackout-Capital-Of-The-Developed-World.html
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See also:
Deindustrialization 13, More wind-solar, more expensive electricity, May 11, 2023
Deindustrialization 14, Net Zero slowly on the retreat in Europe, May 25, 2023
Deindustrialization 15, Germany turning from Greens to AfD, June 22, 2023