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Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by rlpb on Thursday January 12, 2023 @06:40PM (#34361904)
> Surely HVDC links between Scotland and England could be built?

The article covers this and explains why it's not enough. Provisioning time for the links exceeds projected generation capacity increases in the Scotland.

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Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by scythe on Thursday January 12, 2023 @08:53PM (#34362994)
It seems like the planning isn't so great, though. They expect to have another 4 GW of links by 2029, which is enough for the wind overshoot today, but there will be a lot more wind by 2029... so, double the investment and build 8 GW of links by 2029.
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Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by dahfizz on Thursday January 12, 2023 @10:24PM (#34363592)
I'm sure the people in charge of the project wish they could snap their fingers and double their budget.
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