Dan Etchells

Monday morning's second dose of least surprising news ever...

"UK ‘needs to play catch-up’ in global race to rewire electricity grids.

For every £1 spent on renewable energy projects, only 25p was invested in connecting them to grid, report finds."

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/09/uk-renewable-energy-grid-connection-infrastructure

UK ‘needs to play catch-up’ in global race to rewire electricity grids

For every £1 spent on renewable energy projects, only 25p was invested in connecting them to grid, report finds

The Guardian
Dec 9, 2024 at 11:49amWeb
Show threadDan EtchellsDec 9, 2024

Includes the jaw dropper -

"The findings were published days after it was revealed that the UK had spent about £1bn so far this year paying for wind turbines to be turned off during windy weather, in part because there is not enough grid infrastructure to carry electricity from where it is generated to areas of high power demand."