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Emeritus Prof Christopher May
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us

The UK's energy severe transmission problem is best highlighted by the payment to Scottish wind farms in the last six months not to produce energy for nearly two fifths of their potential generation;

that's being paid to switch of the wind turbines because for just under 40% of the time they could be generating there was no capacity in the transmission system to move that energy to where it was needed;

and you wonder why energy costs remain persistently high?

#energy #politics

h/t FT

ShadSterling
@ShadSterling@mastodon.social

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us why curtail the windmills and not the fossil-burners?

Rob Pumphrey
@robpumphrey@mastodonapp.uk

@ShadSterling@mastodon.social @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us
Lack of capacity in the transmission network.
Lots of wind generation in Scotland, lots of demand in England, tiny wire between the two.

ShadSterling
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@robpumphrey@mastodonapp.uk @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us ah, so they need more transmission lines. I hope they’re actually adding them rather than fighting about who should pay for them or whatever nonsense

Rob Pumphrey
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@ShadSterling@mastodon.social @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us
Dream on.
Still at the bickering phase.
Nobody wants pylons going through the beautiful countryside, and putting cables underneath the sea is much more expensive