Technically, it is not possible to generate more electric power than that which can be consumed by the electric load. To give an example. If you have a 5000Watt generator and you plug in a 100Watt light bulb, then the generator is only providing 100W of power (ignoring losses according to the efficiency). It is very wasteful to run a large generator with a small load.

Normally for any generating station, maximum fuel and resources efficiency is reached when it is loaded to near maximum capacity. That explains the madness of Labour’s roadmap of having a huge new power station, and at the same time running what we already have at less than half load.

The interconnector cable together with the BWSC/China power station, plus local clean renewable energy(solar and wind), have enough generating capacity for most of the year. For peak demand in the hottest days of summer, or the coldest days of Winter, then the existing Dellimara gas/diesel turbines can be used.

They are clean and quick to start-up, but the most expensive to run. They are good enough to cater for peak demand or emergencies.

If any extra power generated, then it could be sold out to the European grid through the interconnector cable. But my guess is that it will be sold below the price to produce it, and hence only a cost cutting exercise.

One interesting point which we hardly ever mention is that the total generating demand on our power stations has been steadily declining these last years. This is due to more use of renewable solar energy, and higher efficiency appliances that we use, plus we are more carefully not to waste energy.

This has nothing to do with being a traitor. I would like nothing better than meeting a person with opposing views, as long as that person has something intelligent to say and will challenge me intellectually.

Godfrey Grima is a known sangisuge. He is a political trollop who will go anywhere for the right amount of money, or now, flattery.

But then again the Nationalist Party has long been an old boys’ club with politicians and people like Godfrey patting each other on the back.

It is useless having Simon Busuttil bring out the tired old cliches of being closer to the people if at the end of the day the voices they continue to hear are each others.

No, he was typing away for L-Orizzont.

Grima was not given a podium.

Whatever happened to Ray Bugeja? Wouldn’t he have been a better choice for that podium?

If Malta starts generating more power than is needed because we are forced to buy electricity from Electrogas and Shangai Electric, would that mean that the amount of renewable energy we will need to produce by 2020 will also increase?

We are already miles away from the 10% renewable energy target, let alone if we increase production to accommodate the pre-electoral promises of Konrad Mizzi and Joseph Muscat.

Will the Maltese taxpayer be fined if we do not reach the 2020 renewable energy targets?

Will the Maltese taxpayer be fined for the increases CO2 production?