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If the UK meets its expanded renewable and nuclear targets, the country will have an oversupply of electricity more than half of the time by 2030, creating significant opportunities for flexible demand.
Britain is predicted to have an excess amount of electricity by 2030 due to huge investments in wind and solar power (pictured), according to new analysis.
The award of contracts to 1GW of battery storage was the “biggest news” to emerge from the latest round of Capacity Market auctions held in the UK.
Linking one nation’s power grid with another’s is considered essential as more electricity is generated from solar and wind.
In addition to storage, for significant decarbonization to take place, it is imperative that energy resources can be moved from where there is a surplus of power, to where it is needed. That is what is increasingly the case in Europe and the UK as described here. One might suppose that with the UK leaving the EU, there would be less power interconnectedness. The reverse is the