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:
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Remember that the UK nuclear power stations are always part of the UK's nuclear weapons programme.
They are not electricty-generating plants that produce nuclear waste as a by-product. They are plutonium factories that produce electricity as a by-product.
The designs that are used are completely in-efficient at both because of the pretence.
There are more efficient routes towards generating electriucity with radioactive materials that does not create fissile material, and there are more effective ways of manufacturing plutonium that does not waste energy making electricity.
Do one or the other, not make a dog's breakfast of both.
And, No, I do not like nuclear weapons, but if we do not have them, we'll be at the mercy of the countries that do have them.
Look at Ukraine and Iran.
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
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