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The UK peak demand is surprisingly low. Maybe because most people don't need air conditioning and the primary heating source is natural gas. Finland needs ~15
by jltsiren 4y ago
The UK peak demand is surprisingly low. Maybe because most people don't need air conditioning and the primary heating source is natural gas.
Finland needs ~15 GW in cold winter evenings, and that's for a population 12x smaller than in the UK. I've seen numbers like 720 GW for the US peak demand, which is comparable to Finland.