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SV650rules · 18-12-20, 07:50 PM

UK has over 40% of power as renewables, but as I said earlier that it often goes below 10% for days on end. Now grid storage for filling peaks and troughs of demand throughout 24 hours is one thing but grid storage that can cater for almost complete absence of renewables for 4 or 5 days in winter is quite another matter. Presently up to 45gigawatt is normal, just take a look at how much extra power is gonna be needed for electric vehicle and the scale of the problem of relying too much on renewables should be apparent...

The alternative is to build massive amounts of renewables to blight the country side and cross fingers that in the bad times you get enough, but remember the renewable companies have to be paid even when not needed by grid, so maybe a big increase in your electric bill.

18-12-20, 07:50 PM	#28
SV650rules Member Mega Poster Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Shropshire UK Posts: 1,363	Re: Electric Vehicles UK has over 40% of power as renewables, but as I said earlier that it often goes below 10% for days on end. Now grid storage for filling peaks and troughs of demand throughout 24 hours is one thing but grid storage that can cater for almost complete absence of renewables for 4 or 5 days in winter is quite another matter. Presently up to 45gigawatt is normal, just take a look at how much extra power is gonna be needed for electric vehicle and the scale of the problem of relying too much on renewables should be apparent... The alternative is to build massive amounts of renewables to blight the country side and cross fingers that in the bad times you get enough, but remember the renewable companies have to be paid even when not needed by grid, so maybe a big increase in your electric bill. __________________ 2016 SV650 AL7 Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear - Mark Twain Last edited by SV650rules; 18-12-20 at 08:07 PM.