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Solar panels use photovoltaic (“PV”) technology which converts sunlight directly into electricity. Even for those who have no understanding of how the technology works, we know that to convert sunlight into energy, at the very least sunlight is required; something the UK lacks.
Yet, according to Wikipedia, 12 large-scale solar projects are proposed, approved or under construction across England and Wales. For example, the Cleve Hill Solar Park in Kent is under construction, while the Cottam Solar Project in Lincolnshire has been approved. Additionally, the Llanwern Solar Farm in Newport, Wales, has been operational since 2021. And Shotwick Solar Farm in Flintshire, Wales, has been operational since 2016.
For those in Government and their collaborators such as climate crisis activists who think “green” technology, including solar power, will provide the UK with the power the country needs, a report published by the World Bank in 2020 spells out the basics that climate catastrophists are choosing to ignore.
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The World Bank’s report titled ‘Global Photovoltaic Power Potential by Country’ evaluated and mapped three types of PV power potential – theoretical, practical, and economic potential – for each country or region in the world. The results of the evaluation begin on page 24 of the report. We have used the results section of the report as the basis for the text that follows.
Theoretical Potential of Solar Power
The theoretical potential of solar power is determined by the long-term distribution of solar resource. According to the report, the solar resource comes from two sources: global horizontal irradiation (“GHI”) and direct normal irradiation (“DNI”).
DNI is a measure of direct beam radiation that reaches the Earth’s surface, measured in a direction normal to the Sun’s rays. It is the radiation received per unit area on a surface perpendicular to the sun and varies by location and time of year.
GHI refers to the shortwave solar radiation received by a horizontal surface. It is the sum of DNI and Diffuse Horizontal Irradiance (“DHI”), which is the radiation scattered by the atmosphere and received on a horizontal surface, and ground-reflected radiation. The global pattern of GHI is determined mainly by geographic latitude, abundance of clouds, atmospheric aerosol concentration and moisture content.
The highest theoretical potential is found in arid tropics and subtropics, such as northern and southern Africa, the Middle East and Arabian Peninsula, and Australia. From these conditions, it is obvious that the UK, which is in a temperate zone, will have a low potential for solar energy to be effective.
Maps included in the World Bank report confirm the common sense knowledge that the UK is among the lowest theoretical PV power potential in the world (see page 25 of the report).
The report highlights that no PV technology can exploit the full theoretical potential of the solar resource and that the output is determined by various factors, including the configuration of the PV system, conversion efficiency of PV modules and temperature, which is why air temperature is an important factor in calculating the expected output from a PV system (“PVOUT”).
So, things are looking pretty bleak for UK residents if the Government persists in pursuing solar energy as the energy of the future. This is demonstrated in another image the report contains on the practical potential of solar power.
Practical Potential of Solar Power
The practical PV potential is the estimated power output produced per unit capacity of the assumed PV system configuration, known as the PVOUT variable, which is measured in kWh/kWp and takes into account factors such as the configuration of the PV system, conversion efficiency of PV modules and shading and soiling of the modules.
The image below shows what the report refers to as ‘Level 0’ of the practical PVOUT as no limitations, such as the development and operation of solar PV power, have been taken into consideration. Level 1 practical output potential are areas without identifiable physical or technical obstacles. Level 2 practical output potential excludes additional areas potentially unsuitable due to nature protection or cropland conservation regulations. As expected, the UK is among the lowest maximum practical solar output (Level 0) in the world.
The World Bank June 2020 pg 26
Things do not improve for the UK when practical limitations are accounted for. The UK has the lowest practical solar output for both Levels 1 and 2.
Towards the end of the subsection on the practical potential of solar power, the report ranks countries based on their Level 1 practical PV potential (page 29 of the report). The report ranks the UK at the bottom of the list. The bottom four from highest to lowest are: the Isle of Man, Norway, the United Kingdom and Ireland. The report stated:
Around 20% of the global population lives in 70 countries boasting excellent conditions for PV, where long-term daily PVOUT averages exceed 4.5 kWh/kWp. Countries in the MNA region and Sub-Saharan Africa dominate this category, accompanied by Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Chile, Iran, Mexico, Mongolia, Pakistan, Peru and many nations of the Pacific and Atlantic islands.
At the lower end of the ranking, 30 countries accounting for 9% of the global population score an average PVOUT below 3.5 kWh/kWp, dominated by European countries – except those in southern Europe – and also including Ecuador and Japan.
Finally, countries in the favourable mid-range between 3.5 and 4.5 kWh/kWp account for 71% of the global population. These include five of the six most populous countries (China, India, the United States, Indonesia, and Brazil) and 100 others (Canada, the rest of Latin America, southern Europe, and African countries around the Gulf of Guinea, as well as central and southeast Asia).
Global Photovoltaic Power Potential by Country, Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP), The World Bank, June 2020, pg. 32
Economic Potential of Solar Power
The economic potential describes how much it costs to produce a unit of energy compared to other energy generation sources.
The report estimated the levelised cost of energy or electricity (“LCOE”) in 2018. The report’s authors found that capital expenditure (“CAPEX”) plays a significant role in the LCOE.
The UK is somewhere in the middle, at around $0.16/kWh (shown as “16” on the colour chart in the image below). Bear in mind, this is for a country where the potential for solar power to produce electricity is among the lowest in the world. The same pattern is seen in other countries with less promising PV potential. The lower the potential the higher the cost.
The World Bank June 2020 pg 33
Why is the UK pursuing expensive solar energy for which it is known that it will not work in the UK? It cannot be ignorance. Government officials cannot be so ignorant as to think the more money it throws at it and the more farmland it acquires to erect solar farms, the more chance the inherent problems with using solar power will magically disappear.
It could be stupidity. But then it would require hundreds of stupid people not just in the Government but also in its advisors, civil service and throughout the House of Commons and House of Lords. Considering the number of stupid people required all “in one place” at the same time, it’s unlikely due to stupidity.
There can be only one conclusion: The energy security of the UK is deliberately being sabotaged and destroyed by the “green” agenda and its climate emergency activists. This is a deliberate plan in line with the United Nations’ Agenda 2030 and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Featured image: Larks Green Solar Farm, Gloucestershire, England. Source: The 7 largest solar farms in the UK, 16 January 2025
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What could be more obvious since they blocked out the sun?
Hi Alma Ravn,
You are spot on with that observation.
In Yorkshire UK, over the past 10 days there has been 2 hours of sunshine.
In that short sunshine, there were 6 Chemtrail planes going overhead.
Those 6 planes blotted out the sun, just like you have stated.
I have contacted my MP Ed Miliband, several times about Chemtrails.
Never had one reply. Now he is the Energy Boss, how come ?
Hi Dave Owen,
The insane and deplorable tendency to poison nature from the sky is international. The geoengineering is clearly aimed at LIFE itself. Birds, humans, crops, trees are all suffering from this pathetic attempt at “justifying” the “green” agenda. I often wonder how people who come up with such madness can make themselves believe that others – we, the people – are more stupid and blind than they themselves are. It is pathological, some special kind of insanity. And greed. Mr. Miliband needs to open his eyes to reality and get off his high Trojan horse. Is it free speech he fears?
Here is the latest from Dane Wigington, the geoengineering guy. He says the entire planet, except for the East coast of the US, is in complete meltdown. Most of the northern latitudes are 10 C degrees above normal.
https://rense.com/general98/For-The-Record/For-The-Record.php
Thank you for this link. Yes, Dane Wigington knows what he is talking about. And as he says, we need to BEAT THE DRUM as much as we can, make people OPEN THEIR EYES AND SPEAK UP ABOUT IT. Write about it, discuss it in public and family settings. It is organized terror, i.e terrorism directed at our very life source. It´s so cold now that I for one sleep with my jacket on. I DO NOT heat my place since it´s very easy to see the pattern, and I refuse to enrich the electricity companies any further.
I point to the sky and talk to people I meet in the street asking them if they see what I see. Most say yes, and we talk. This spreads like rings in the water.
Yesterday I had to throw out some beautiful plants I had in my windows due to lack of light. It is infuriating,
I live in the middle of a swamp in Florida. We’ve had far too many cloudy days here this winter. All the swamp plants look sick and withered.
“Planet”? He’s not a flerfer, then?!
Spiritual warfare
Ed is flying the planes
Solar energy
It’s the economy, Stupid
I estimate we have had maybe 2 clear sunny days in the last 2 months.
Grey over cast and raining.
Plus lots of Geo engineering.