Wind is quite a good match in the UK. Daily demand peaks are in the morning and evening, around when daily winds peak. And seasonal winds peak in the winter, ro

Wind is quite a good match in the UK. Daily demand peaks are in the morning and evening, around when daily winds peak. And seasonal winds peak in the winter, round about when peak seasonal demand is. Coal is basically dead in the UK, gas is the source to beat, and is also a better match intermittent sources. Renewables are getting to the point of being cheaper then just the burnable material in a fossil fuel plant, ie it is cheaper to have wind and gas/coal, than just gas/coal alone. All of this is without getting into global warming, and all the other stuff in coal.