[legulere]

> wind both die down in the UK in the winter.

I don’t know wether the UK has some vastly different wind patterns but in Germany wind is strongest in the winter and night

[djhaskin987]

Actually the video I watched directly talks about this being a major problem for Germany specifically.

Transcript: http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2022/08/no-sun-no-wind-now-...

[legulere]

It is indeed a problem, however just for a few days in the year, most of the winter there's no issue. From your link:

> The German weather service estimates that it happens on the average twice each year, that the power production from wind and solar in Germany is less than 10% the expected average for at least 2 days. Every once in a while these situations can last a week or longer.