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How would solar ever be a good option in the UK?
by CountDrewku 5y ago
How would solar ever be a good option in the UK?
- pornel 5y agoPlants 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 agoEven 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/