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UK’s wasted wind power laid bare by new Octopus tracking tool (www.rechargenews.com)
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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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[–] evenglow@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

In China for years if large grid scale wind or solar was installed energy storage was required. Something about wind not always blowing or night time if I remember correctly.