Batteries. Dams do more damage than good. But there’s been some exciting developments in harvesting energy from waves.
Comment on The UK Grid is currently 80% renewable energy (and 10% nuclear)
keepthepace@slrpnk.net 6 days ago
All the neighbors of France rely on its nuclear capabilities to keep the light on when wind/sun is low. Renewables are finally at a point where they are competitive but we really need some intermittence absorbing capabilities. Batteries or dams.
sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 6 days ago
wewbull@feddit.uk 6 days ago
The connectors with France only total 4GW. That’s about 10-15% of our demand. It’s s no more than a top up when it makes financial sense .
Today we were about neutral on import/export. We imported 2.5ish from France but exported just as much to The Netherlands, Ireland, Norway, Belgium and Denmark.
keepthepace@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
TIL, I thought it was more