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I think youve misread it. 1600TWh is the demand today. The 2900 figure is potential supply of wind and solar.

• lucb1e 3y ago
  Could you cite where you found those numbers? I can't find either of them: The submission (blog post) doesn't mention the number 900 at all; the paper which the submission is about only mentions 900 in a footnote saying "Total European [energy] supply was 22,900 TWh (IEA, 2022)."; the summary pdf of said paper never mentions 900 or 600. Figures in the paper ending in 600 occur in a few spots, but nowhere 1600. There is 21'600 TWh/year (total European energy supply, page 8), 16'600 TWh/year (idem), 10'600 TWh/year (prior studies' estimates of UK wind resources), and 2'600 km² (land occupied by buildings). But maybe I shouldn't be drawing conclusions based on trying to search character sequences in a semi-picture format...
  • hwillis 3y ago
    > They estimate that it could produce 2,895 TWh of electricity each year from solar and wind. That’s almost double its estimate for final energy demand in 2050. See the chart below. [...] We can see this when we look at other estimates of energy demand from the literature. The National Grid FES projects that Britain will need just 900 TWh in 2050. [...] Total final energy demand today is 1599 TWh. It's right under the first main heading. Just above and below the first picture. Searching for 900 in the post took me right to it. I have no idea how you missed it.
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