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Part of the problem in the UK is limited gas storage capacity. Another problem is the slow adoption of wind and solar generally. A third is the slow pace of c

Part of the problem in the UK is limited gas storage capacity. Another problem is the slow adoption of wind and solar generally. A third is the slow pace of construction of interconnects between the various national grids. The arguments about solar not being available at night and the wind not always blowing would be mitigated if we could more easily transport energy to where it is needed. The crisis, if it really is one, is mostly caused by blinkered politicians and short term business thinking. But you are right in a sense; Russia is just making it clear that they can turn off, or change the price of, the gas supply whenever they feel like it which makes the idea of being even more reliant on it rather scary to me.

CountDrewku 5y ago
How would solar ever be a good option in the UK?
- pornel 5y ago
  Plants use solar, and it's pretty green here ;) Annual average kWh/m^2 in the UK ranges from 50%-75% of what you'd get in Spain or Italy. That's enough even for domestic solar panels to pay for themselves.
- cm2187 5y ago
  Even wind. I had not realised how volatile it was (I expected some sort of diversification at the scale of a country) [1]. It basically requires to duplicate your entire power production capacity with a more dependable technology to make up for the low days. And I don't understand how more wind will improve things. More unpredictable capacity means these episodes where the country finds itself short will be more frequent. [1] https://gridwatch.co.uk/ https://gridwatch.co.uk/