You have no idea what you’re talking about. Like ministers. The £147/MWh for gas is an out of date assessment. Latest (2025) figure is £107/MWh. But much of that includes the carbon tax government slaps on gas. A policy choice which could easily be reversed. Strip that out and the cost of gas is £64/MWh. Less than offshore wind, whose price you quote does not include all the grid upgrades required to carry renewables at scale. Add another £32/MWh. Your welcome. Thank for your attention to this matter.

The cost of building offshore wind farms has also soared. Which explains why the government has agreed for the latest ones to have a strike price of £91/MWh — way up on previous round of offshore licences — and to index link that price for 20 years!! Requires a couple of billion in annual subsides from taxpayer/electricity users to Big Green, in this case Germany’s RWE is by far the main benefactor of state largess. It also locks in high electricity prices for the foreseeable future (current wholesale electricity price is a little over £75/MWh). So much for more renewables = lower electricity prices. ‘Wind gets cheaper and cheaper’ is a fantasy. If it was true there would be no need for such a high index-linked strike price or multi-billion pound subsidies.