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The UK is at latitude too high to benefit very much from solar energy. It is not mountainous enough to benefit from hydroelectricity. Nor is there much scope fo
by zarzavat 4y ago
The UK is at latitude too high to benefit very much from solar energy. It is not mountainous enough to benefit from hydroelectricity. Nor is there much scope for geothermal.
So we have gas, wind and nuclear, and that's it.
In the government's infinite wisdom they decided to place a moratorium on on-shore wind generation for stupid NIMBY reasons. Fortunately we have plenty of offshore wind capacity, but when the wind isn't blowing, all we have is gas turbines plus whatever scraps of nuclear France is willing to throw us.
- madaxe_again 4y agoThe wind is blowing pretty frequently - the problem is actually more often one of transmission - there is not enough capacity on the grid to transfer energy from the relatively remote areas it’s produced, such as the Irish Sea, to consumers. Further investment in transmission from snowdonia and expansion of pumped storage facilities could go a long way.
- dontlaugh 4y agoThat’s still because of banning wind power on English soil. All so the literal gentry don’t get an eyesore. It would be entirely feasible to distribute production to where most consumption happens.