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by hdgvhicv 296 days ago
One issue the U.K. has is a grid bottleneck but wiggle pricing across the grid. While excess power may be available in some places, there’s not enough interconnection to move it where it’s needed, so those with excess power (lots of wind etc) can’t benefit.
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If the batteries are installed south of the interconnect, won't that help the problem?
Certainly, and these are small improvements that add up over time. People won’t appreciate them though, and will just listen k the “drill baby drill” coming from the tories and reform