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#climatecrisis Really interesting discussion on #radio4 #environment program #costingtheearth : great that the UK has built so much #offshorewind but the grid has not kept up so there is actually too much energy coming in to the grid sometimes. Reminder that big, eye-catching projects are not enough to solve environmental problems and reach #netzero
@PSarkies Not the only place with this problem. Texas can't get wind from where it is to where people are too. Doing the transmission upgrades is an important part of getting renewables to a large fraction of total electricity.
https://www.ksat.com/news/texas/2022/08/02/why-the-high-plains-turns-off-its-turbines-to-limit-wind-production-while-the-texas-power-grid-is-stressed/