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[-] starlinguk@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Scotland could provide enough renewable energy for the whole of the UK. The only reason the PM says they need more fossil fuel is that his family entered into a billion pound contract with BP.

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I think Scotland's total MW capacity is more than the UK's demand, however the actual generated amount hasn't been an excess of the country's demand - not like Denmark, which has produced more than 100% of its capacity as renewables while exporting excess to other countries. However, that probably doesn't account for curtailment - the grid operators can tell larger renewable generators to limit or switch off depending on demand.

When this happens typically the renewable generator still gets paid as if they were generating at capacity.

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