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Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by stuaxo on Thursday January 12, 2023 @04:41PM (#34360644)
Our system favours England over scotland, with the national grid charging Scotland much more to move energy around.

With all the electricity generated there it should be cheaper - this could incentivise accelerating the electrification of trains in Scotland, currently only 25% of the network.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_electrification_in_Sco...

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Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by ccalloway on Friday January 13, 2023 @06:20AM (#34366350)
That doesn't make sense. Most electricity is consumed in the South-East. Generating power in Scotland means that most of it has to be transmitted across the length of the UK, whereas generating it in the South-East means that it doesn't place such a burden on the transmission network. Therefore, it makes sense that the Scottish generators are charged more for use of the grid.
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