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

  • tetris11@feddit.ukEnglish
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    3 months ago

    So a private company is shaming the government into building infrastructure in their next funding, in the name of public good and wasted sales - that’s fair enough

    • iamnotme@feddit.ukEnglish
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      3 months ago

      National Grid is a private company

      They are funded via OFGEM, and infrastructure building doesn’t happen overnight.

      Having a bleeding edge grid would be bad. There is lots of approval and testing that adds to delivery timelines, along with the funding