The Met Office Renewable Energy Service
By Paul Homewood
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http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/renewables/contact-us
The Met Office run a renewable energy team, whose sole purpose is to raise commercial revenue. One of the main services they offer is a wind prediction tool, Virtual Met Mast”, which is designed especially to help large and smaller scale wind farm developers and wind farm consultants select the best onshore and offshore wind farm sites throughout Europe, it now offers major improvements in both accuracy and uncertainty statistics.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/renewables/vmm
Last year they even opened a renewables service in Germany.
This is all well and good, but clearly it creates a conflict of interest for the Met Office.
On the one hand, they are publishing research on the dangers of climate change, and attempting to influence public policy. On the other, they stand to make money from the very renewable industries, who are benefitting from these policies.
While this conflict exists, the scientific integrity of the Met Office risks being called into question.
I wonder if the money they make from their renewables service is ever declared when their scientists publish papers?
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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT 
The Met Office Renewable Energy Team – suggested motto:
“Our profits help the the rest of you pay less towards the not-always-accurate predictions of our colleagues”
I notice in the first pic “windenergie agentur”.
What is this – the Proceedings of the Elders of Thermageddon?
Paul, have you been watching ‘Climate change by numbers’? I’m sure you’re reassured that all you fears about the homogenising of data have been shown to be misplaced?
Just been watching ‘Climate change by numbers’ what a poor program, flashy confusing graphics & presenters waking around with light sticks, scarey pictures of the Armageddon to come.
I now think it’s all my fault……sorry…… should I send a postal order to Al Gore to assuage my wickedness??
Met office services? Hands up anybody who thinks the UK’s peak power demand is going to shift to the summer as people rely more on air conditioning.?
“Impacts on the UK energy industry”
Green Sand
Don’t forget about all the additional summer energy usage due to people staycationing instead of traveling abroad for their holidays.
The travel package holiday business had better start looking for another source of income as we Brits will be stopping at home more often!
Doo I really need a /sarc
Link got screwed:-
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/services/climate-services/uk/ukcp/impacts/energy
http://www.principia-scientific.org/the-aral-sea-and-green-energy-license-to-kill-part-1-of-2.html
The scientific integrity of a plethora of pandering, prevaricating propagandists is in danger of being called into question? Do tell!