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by pjc50 2105 days ago
Well, we're linked to the English grid, and via connectors to Northern Ireland, continental Europe, etc. In practice the difference is made up by natural gas, and the large pumped hydro storage at Cruachan.

It has been some years since I had a power cut.

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So fossil fuels provide the base load...