In theory, some combination of nuclear baseload, biofuel generation, carbon capture and storage, and a massive expansion of pumped hydro systems similar to Dinorwig in North Wales, would – for trillions of pounds – allow windfarms to become the largest part of UK electricity generation without crashing the Grid and leaving Britain without energy. In practice though – in a country with a long track record of civil engineering failures – there is simply no way that the UK could do this within the time and cost constraints available.
As it happens, I worked on Dinorwig project in N Wales fwiw, many moons ago, for a month or so. Although I was inspired, it ain't the answer to our problems, trust me : ). The whole system needs to change, I guess, perhaps a socialist war economy needs to be created, or similar. TINA. Unlikely outcome .. : /
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