Britain wasted £649m already this year powering down wind farms as there is not enough grid capacity to send renewable energy where it is needed, utility finds

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    3 months ago

    Yes, but also greater transmission capacity. And dinorwig style hydro batteries are also super cool.

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      3 months ago

      We haven’t got many geographical sites that support pumped storage. They got surveyed back in the 50 and 60s and the ones that were suitable got built.