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Re:A Pretty Visualisation of the European Power Grid (2022) by Symbiote on Thursday November 28, 2024 @03:46PM (#42268420)
Britain has switched off its coal plants.

At least some of that is surely because of renewable power, mostly wind.

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Re:A Pretty Visualisation of the European Power Grid (2022) by p_l on Thursday November 28, 2024 @04:02PM (#42268509)
And because solar and wind power boost sales of gas turbine power plants that can spin fast enough to react for the wind and solar instability
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