{"id":7913,"date":"2018-02-02T14:56:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T13:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=7913"},"modified":"2018-02-02T14:56:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T13:56:39","slug":"one-thing-learnt-week-solar-killing-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=7913","title":{"rendered":"One thing we have learnt this week &#8211; is solar killing gas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSCN1669.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSCN1669-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN1669\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSCN1669-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSCN1669-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSCN1669.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Is solar killing gas?\u00a0 The government is struggling to get energy companies to build new plant despite the contracts for difference paying gas fired plants record amounts of money it turns out this week.\u00a0 So is gas going to go the same way as coal.\u00a0 Over the last few years the amount of coal power on the UK grid has plunged.\u00a0\u00a0 President trump take note &#8211; its not wanted or required.\u00a0 The massive rise in renewable energy has killed king coal (or nearly in the UK).\u00a0 Have the lights gone out- no (well only in localised areas due to storms).<\/p>\n<p>Is solar killing gas?\u00a0The early signs are there.\u00a0 The quantity of new plant planned is falling and is now less than half that planned a few years ago.\u00a0 At the same time offshore wind and solar are forecast to be cheaper than gas (and anything else) in just a few years time.\u00a0 On shore wind is almost certainly cheaper now.\u00a0 The real threat to gas and other forms of power generation is not so much renewables themselves as energy storage.\u00a0 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homepower.com\/articles\/solar-electricity\/equipment-products\/lithium-ion-batteries-grid-systems\" target=\"_blank\">battery<\/a> is coming of age and its this that will kill coal, gas and nuclear.\u00a0 Where this leaves fracking is a moot point, but since the election the government shows signs of going lukewarm on it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is solar killing gas?\u00a0 The government is struggling to get energy companies to build new plant despite the contracts for difference paying gas fired plants record amounts of money it turns out this week.\u00a0 So is gas going to go &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=7913\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,17,4,176],"tags":[61,177],"class_list":["post-7913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gas","category-one-thing-we-have-learnt-this-week","category-renewables","category-solar","tag-renewable-energy","tag-solar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>One thing we have learnt this week - is solar killing gas? 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