The madness of the UK's energy system is summed up in the £55m paid to wind farm operators in the last couple of months to cease generation (temporarily) because the energy interconnection (distribution) system was unable to handle the electricity transfer from generation to use; at the same time £217m was paid (mainly to gas-based generators) to make up the shortfall in renewable energy the congested network caused.
The network build-out needs to be accelerated!
#energy
h/t Observer
@ChrisMayLA6 Transmission rather than distribution in the main, I think.
This shows it very nicely in real time with the "Curtailment Filter" on:
@Havoc_online I live in Peebles, and the main barrier to building transmission infrastructure is NIMBYs who insist that the new transmission lines have to be underground.
@krans @Havoc_online @EarthOrgUK @ChrisMayLA6
And there are more efficient routes that run underwater along either coasts.
All of the seabed survey's were completed in the late 1980's for the Pan-European International Power Grid.
Running a transmission line along the East Coast of Scotland from Aberdeen to Hull would be way cheaper.
This could be integrated with the planned power lines running between England and Holland, and the potential power lines from Scotland to Norway.
Scotland could be selling wind-generated electricity to all of the EU.
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
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