If you want to use wind as baseload in the UK, you need enough storage to go through a wind drought which lasts for weeks. On top of that, the UK currently lar

If you want to use wind as baseload in the UK, you need enough storage to go through a wind drought which lasts for weeks. On top of that, the UK currently largely uses piped gas for space and water heating so unfortunately moving to heat pumps and EVs makes the problem even worse since both increase demand for electricity further (even if they net reduce energy demand/use). I don't think it's unreasonable to conclude that nuclear is likely to be a significantly cheaper solution when factoring in total system costs, especially if you can build a whole series of nuclear plants and benefit from economies of scale.