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Building proper interconnect between the north and south isn’t “one of many competing interests.” It needs to happen to stabilize the UK grid, everyone accepts

Building proper interconnect between the north and south isn’t “one of many competing interests.” It needs to happen to stabilize the UK grid, everyone accepts that it needs to happen, it has a multi-decade payoff time. So just figure out how to get it done now and accept that it’s not going to get cheaper. Then move on to things that are less critical and start pinching pennies there.

pjc50 4y ago
> everyone accepts that it needs to happen This is the UK. Just because something is obvious doesn't mean that conservatives and NIMBYs are going to accept it until they, personally, are sitting in the dark.
- cjrp 4y ago
  And at that point, they'll blame the previous government ;)
- Reason077 4y ago
  The North-South interconnects are already happening. The Western HVDC became operational in 2019[1], and two separate Eastern HVDC links (Eastern Green Link 1 & 2) are pretty far along in the planning process, with EGL1 expected to begin construction this year and EGL2 in 2025[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_HVDC_Link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_HVDC_Link [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_HVDC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_HVDC
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