Electricty grid in Scotland
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In order to service this new paradigm we need to design grid infrastructure that will bring electricity from offshore wind farms to the centres of demand in the UK.
At the moment, the grid does not have the capacity to cope with all the generated energy now. The UK presently pays for suppliers to switch wind generation off and then pay for replacement generation including gas powered energy.
Does it make sense to add even more wind farms when the present grid cannot cope with what is produced and the consumer has to pay for energy to be turned off?
Source: Offshore Wind Scotland