headline includes “mocks”; text incudes “Even if offered only in jest”.
never mind. Jessica McDonald is factchecking Trump jokes now?
Jessica wrote: “Wind turbines feed into an electrical grid that collectively supplies power; operators can manage the grid to make sure there isn’t a lapse in coverage when it’s not windy.”
how about this, Jessica?
National Grid electricity blackout report points to failure at wind farm
Financial Times UK - 16 Aug 2019
20 Aug: Bloomberg: U.K. Renewable Energy Mix Faces Scrutiny in Blackout Probe
By Jeremy Hodges
National Grid Plc will investigate how to better incorporate the U.K.’s increasing share of renewable energy in the power mix after a blackout earlier this month saw more than one million homes lose power.
The probe was sparked by the Aug. 9 blackout, that also caused havoc on the transport networks, after a lightening strike north of London led to Orsted A/S’s giant Hornsea One offshore wind farm failing roughly at the same time as RWE AG’s Little Barford gas plant. Renewable energy, which is mainly intermittent, accounted for a third of the nation’s power last year...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-20/u-k-energy-regulator-ofgem-opens-probe-into-london-blackout