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Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by midasuni on Thursday January 12, 2023 @05:54PM (#34361414)
How would building 100 times as much wind power in Scotland reduce gas usage in England/wales without building more north/south interconnects?
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Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by ZeroGravitas on Thursday January 12, 2023 @06:10PM (#34361562)
The connection isn't saturated all the time. Total curtailment is only 6%.

The graph of the day they screenshot shows the curtailment stops as soon as people wake up and start using electricity. On many days there is no curtailment.

And... You can build wind in other places, like the offshore wind near Dogger Bank they show on the map and then forget about.

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