With all this extra power, I suggest we build tesla coils along the english border to zap their armies and make safe the Tiberium fields so our harvesters can do their thing… we’ll just have to watch for those pesky chrono tanks teleporting behind our lines.
There is a lot here by there is also a lot the headline misses
>It came as electricity consumption in Scotland fell by 4% to 22,040 gigawatt hours.
The demands were reduced as we were in the tailend of the pandemic, so they can be expected to rise
As we transition from fossil fuel to electricity, for both heating and transport, the demand will rise further
>“In a number of areas progress is being held back by factors such as grid capacity and the lack of a market mechanism for the likes of pumped hydro storage, which is why we need urgent investment from the UK Government now and more consistent commitment to industry in the years ahead.”
This isn’t new infrastructure, most of it already exists, we just need to reused what previous generations left us with
And somehow people will be posting that this is not enough.
How many Scotlands can they power now? Got to be at least three.
What a misleading article.
It doesn’t state whether the generation aligned with demand. If it didn’t then we did not generate the energy we need.
It is just a net calculation.
That is not useful.
Sunak won’t like that, he invested money in non renewables with BP.
We are way way off being 100% and keeping it 100%. Storage is a huge huge problem and also the days we have no wind.
Renewables are not enough – well wind and solar anyway. Wind isn’t constant enough and we are not sunny enough for solar (to make a real difference).
Also, and it’s not mentioned anywhere in the article is for how long we hit that %. From another post it’s for for a few days MAX.
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Like most Christmas mornings we are in urgent, nay, dire need of batteries, lots and lots of batteries.
And we still get shafted by energy prices. Renewables are a meme.
Careful now. They’ll be saying it’s running out soon.
And yet we pay an arm and a leg for what we need. Counties a joke and still waiting for the punchline.
Yet more evidence that [Scotland have too much energy to be independent](https://youtu.be/wvyowNwUsPY?feature=shared).
With all this extra power, I suggest we build tesla coils along the english border to zap their armies and make safe the Tiberium fields so our harvesters can do their thing… we’ll just have to watch for those pesky chrono tanks teleporting behind our lines.
There is a lot here by there is also a lot the headline misses
>It came as electricity consumption in Scotland fell by 4% to 22,040 gigawatt hours.
The demands were reduced as we were in the tailend of the pandemic, so they can be expected to rise
As we transition from fossil fuel to electricity, for both heating and transport, the demand will rise further
>“In a number of areas progress is being held back by factors such as grid capacity and the lack of a market mechanism for the likes of pumped hydro storage, which is why we need urgent investment from the UK Government now and more consistent commitment to industry in the years ahead.”
Grid capacity is hampered by a lack of High voltage power lines, [see the issues with new power lines from Aberdeenshire to Angus](https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/5739709/mearns-substation-plans/), it takes years just to get through planning before building
As to pump storage again [there are objections](https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-loch-ness-no-more-pump-storage-hydro-in-loch-ness) and finding suitable sites is proving hard – the easy sites have been used
It’s time to get radical and serious.
Disused mill lades could be used for micro hydro – [Granholm Mill in Aberdeen](https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@57.1770848,-2.1240121,145m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu) was water powered and [the water is still flowing](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10153775671278670) the [stoneywood papermill also has one](https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@57.1934219,-2.1740307,3a,75y,162.53h,74.68t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPwtlM3r3cxWx8Vy8rRdPEcic_fz5QGcjJwyUP9!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPwtlM3r3cxWx8Vy8rRdPEcic_fz5QGcjJwyUP9%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya266.10904-ro-0-fo100!7i4608!8i2304?entry=ttu) they’re all over the place if you look – [the Watermill at Milltimber](https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@57.1088349,-2.211827,106m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu)
[One old disused hydro dam was removed](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-66988455) as an ecological measure, I wonder how much consideration if any was given to using it for microgeneration whilst improving its environmental impact?
This isn’t new infrastructure, most of it already exists, we just need to reused what previous generations left us with
And somehow people will be posting that this is not enough.
How many Scotlands can they power now? Got to be at least three.
What a misleading article.
It doesn’t state whether the generation aligned with demand. If it didn’t then we did not generate the energy we need.
It is just a net calculation.
That is not useful.
Sunak won’t like that, he invested money in non renewables with BP.
We are way way off being 100% and keeping it 100%. Storage is a huge huge problem and also the days we have no wind.
Renewables are not enough – well wind and solar anyway. Wind isn’t constant enough and we are not sunny enough for solar (to make a real difference).
Also, and it’s not mentioned anywhere in the article is for how long we hit that %. From another post it’s for for a few days MAX.