It appears to be based on overall production / consumption. Ok, there's still some way to go (as the graph on the link demonstrates), but nevertheless its happening.

https://www.agora-energiewende.de/en...76/Agorameter/

"[On 7th June 2017] Renewables alone – wind, solar, biomass and hydro – also set another record for generation, reaching about 18.7 gigawatts at the same time. This represented about 50.7 per cent of demand, and is enough to supply about 13.5 million homes with electricity."
National Grid Control Room

That was at 1pm. On a weekday.

Solar, wind and nuclear power each provide more electricity than gas and coal combined for first time | The Independent

Doesn't matter now, the UK is locked in to a contract to guarantee future prices.

Re the new Hinkley Point, well I've just watched The Simpsons and realised it's a load of bollocks. Who would put a load of funny yellow people in charge of running a nuclear power station?

Well done, you've combined abject racism with fake facts. Whilst admittedly your post is in The Sand Pit, racist and inaccurate posts add ****-all to the debate, and say nothing about the situation but a lot about you.

I've yet to see a contract that can't be broken.

The whole world will break a contract. Except the UK.

We could learn a thing or two from the Chinese. Wiggle our way out of the contract no matter how blatant it is and if they protest just point at what they're doing with the HK treaty....

I appreciate the congratulations.

It's meant to be a humorous anecdote don'tcha know.

Penalties and/or lawsuits.

Which can also be defaulted on.

Usual script in the construction industry: Contractor underprices several projects in order to survive, things go horribly wrong, goes into administration, quickly followed by liquidation, quickly followed by a fire sale of any assets, which are bought by a new company with a similar sounding name and a similar senior management team, who then tender to complete the original projects, which are now massively over budget and two years late.

Clients realise that they are left holding the bag, once that the lawyers for the Administrator point out that the Performance Bonds that said Clients paid for, and the Parent Company Guarantees that they thought were in place, are not worth the paper that they are written on.

Where is that the usual script? You must be working with incredibly naive clients if that process is repeatedly happening.

This:

Elon Musk: A Single Vast Solar Array Could Power The Entire United States | HuffPost UK

I cite Carillion and HS2 as a prime example, your honour.

Or ...

Carillion are getting less than 10% of the overall contract, and are part of a JV it seems on the HS2, you seem to be prejudging them to fail?

In all my time in construction I have never experienced an instruction to under-price fixed price contracts, perhaps in re-measurable works with the scope for variations there are guys going in on zero margin for turnover but certainly not under any fixed circumstances.