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Our system favours England over scotland, with the national grid charging Scotland much more to move energy around. With all the electricity generated there it
by stuaxo 4y ago
Our system favours England over scotland, with the national grid charging Scotland much more to move energy around.
With all the electricity generated there it should be cheaper - this could incentivise accelerating the electrification of trains in Scotland, currently only 25% of the network.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_electrification_in_Scotland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_electrification_in_Sco...
- ccalloway 4y agoThat doesn't make sense. Most electricity is consumed in the South-East. Generating power in Scotland means that most of it has to be transmitted across the length of the UK, whereas generating it in the South-East means that it doesn't place such a burden on the transmission network. Therefore, it makes sense that the Scottish generators are charged more for use of the grid.