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1: Renewable electricity production last month was far above the levels Mr Farage claimed on his GB News show.
As per usual @Nigel_Farage mis-states facts to suit his narrative 🤦♀️
1: Renewable electricity production last month was far above the levels Mr Farage claimed on his GB News show.
As per usual @Nigel_Farage mis-states facts to suit his narrative 🤦♀️
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2: During his show on GB News, Nigel Farage claimed that during September there was a three week period when renewable energy accounted for between just 2% and 3% of our electricity. This isn’t true.
2: During his show on GB News, Nigel Farage claimed that during September there was a three week period when renewable energy accounted for between just 2% and 3% of our electricity. This isn’t true.
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3: The first three weeks of September did see relatively low levels of renewable electricity production, but far above the levels Mr Farage claimed. After that, renewable production rose substantially.
3: The first three weeks of September did see relatively low levels of renewable electricity production, but far above the levels Mr Farage claimed. After that, renewable production rose substantially.
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4: On each day from 1 September to 21 September, hydroelectricity, solar, and wind power produced 10%-19% of Great Britain’s electricity.
4: On each day from 1 September to 21 September, hydroelectricity, solar, and wind power produced 10%-19% of Great Britain’s electricity.
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5: Full of hot air Farage’s comments came after a discussion about wind energy. But even Farage had meant to talk about wind energy alone (not all renewables combined) he is still wrong.
5: Full of hot air Farage’s comments came after a discussion about wind energy. But even Farage had meant to talk about wind energy alone (not all renewables combined) he is still wrong.
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6: Wind produced at least 4%-14% of Great Britain’s electricity on each day during the same period.
According to GB News' editorial charter, they stand for "putting facts first," and "if we get it wrong, we will say so - and explain what happened."
6: Wind produced at least 4%-14% of Great Britain’s electricity on each day during the same period.
According to GB News' editorial charter, they stand for "putting facts first," and "if we get it wrong, we will say so - and explain what happened."
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7: They have not yet replied to our emails, but we are looking forward to hearing their explanation.
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7: They have not yet replied to our emails, but we are looking forward to hearing their explanation.
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8: Nigel Farage understates renewable energy generation.
18 OCTOBER 2021
WHAT WAS CLAIMED
In September 2021 there was a three-week period when renewables produced between 2% and 3% of the country’s electricity.
8: Nigel Farage understates renewable energy generation.
18 OCTOBER 2021
WHAT WAS CLAIMED
In September 2021 there was a three-week period when renewables produced between 2% and 3% of the country’s electricity.
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9: OUR VERDICT
False. During the first three weeks of September, wind, solar and hydroelectricity accounted for their lowest share of total electricity generation during the month, but it was still between 10% and 19% on average, each day.
9: OUR VERDICT
False. During the first three weeks of September, wind, solar and hydroelectricity accounted for their lowest share of total electricity generation during the month, but it was still between 10% and 19% on average, each day.
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10: “On a good day wind energy can bring us 24%, 25% of our electricity needs… back in September there was a three week period when renewables produced between 2% and 3%.”
NIGEL ‘hot air’ FARAGE, 14 OCTOBER 2021.
10: “On a good day wind energy can bring us 24%, 25% of our electricity needs… back in September there was a three week period when renewables produced between 2% and 3%.”
NIGEL ‘hot air’ FARAGE, 14 OCTOBER 2021.
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11: During his show on GB News, former UKIP and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was discussing renewable energy and claimed that during September there was a three week period when renewables accounted for between just 2% and 3% of our electricity.
11: During his show on GB News, former UKIP and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was discussing renewable energy and claimed that during September there was a three week period when renewables accounted for between just 2% and 3% of our electricity.
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12:A reader asked us to look into whether this was true
It isn’t
The first 3 weeks of September did see relatively low levels of renewable electricity production, but far above the levels Farage claimed. After that, renewable production rose substantially
12:A reader asked us to look into whether this was true
It isn’t
The first 3 weeks of September did see relatively low levels of renewable electricity production, but far above the levels Farage claimed. After that, renewable production rose substantially
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13: On each day from 1 September to 21 September, hydroelectricity, solar, and wind power (a conservative definition of “renewable energy”) produced 10%-19% of Great Britain’s electricity.
gridwatch.templar.co.uk/download.php
13: On each day from 1 September to 21 September, hydroelectricity, solar, and wind power (a conservative definition of “renewable energy”) produced 10%-19% of Great Britain’s electricity.
gridwatch.templar.co.uk/download.php
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14: Even if Mr Farage had meant to talk about wind energy alone, this produced at least 4%-14% of Great Britain’s electricity on each day during the first three weeks of September.
gridwatch.templar.co.uk/download.php
14: Even if Mr Farage had meant to talk about wind energy alone, this produced at least 4%-14% of Great Britain’s electricity on each day during the first three weeks of September.
gridwatch.templar.co.uk/download.php
15: This uses a definition of “renewable” that does not include electricity which may have been produced by renewable sources but which came into Great Britain via interconnectors from mainland Europe and Ireland, and so isn’t split into generation types.
nationalgrid.com/stories/energy…
nationalgrid.com/stories/energy…
16: Nor does it include electricity produced by other types of renewable energy. For example biomass (a renewable energy source, but one which both produces and consumes carbon dioxide) or pumped hydroelectric storage…
grid.iamkate.com
grid.iamkate.com
17: …where water in a hydroelectric plant is pumped from a lower reservoir to a higher reservoir, and released to drive turbines when needed.
This data also mostly excludes electricity which is not connected to the transmission grid, such as small scale wind power.
This data also mostly excludes electricity which is not connected to the transmission grid, such as small scale wind power.
18: This can be quite substantial. National Grid estimates that the average generation of wind turbines which aren’t connected to the transmission network during September was equivalent to 4.4% of the total demand from the transmission system.
demandforecast.nationalgrid.com/efs_demand_for…
demandforecast.nationalgrid.com/efs_demand_for…
19: All of these limitations mean that the share of total electricity production from wind and renewables is probably higher than the figures presented above…
20: During 2020, wind accounted for 24% of electricity produced across the whole of the United Kingdom. This is not just “on a good day”
Full Fact contacted GB News for comment, but at the time of publication it had not replied to our emails
By Abbas Panjwani
@FullFact
18.10.21
Full Fact contacted GB News for comment, but at the time of publication it had not replied to our emails
By Abbas Panjwani
@FullFact
18.10.21
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