Onshore wind strategy published as part of mission to become a clean energy superpower.

…but is there the infrastructure to handle this? Octopus energy has recently added a ticker to the top of their website to show how much money has been wasted on turning off wind turbines.

  • frankPodmore@slrpnk.netMEnglish
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    8 days ago

    They do address energy storage in the full plan e.g.:

    • The Government is therefore committed to a fundamental and urgent reform of the connections process, as set out in the Clean Power Action Plan. The Plan included connections capacity allocations for onshore wind for 2030 and 2035
    • The Strategic Spatial Energy Plan (SSEP) will support a more actively planned approach to energy infrastructure […]. It will do this by assessing and identifying the optimal locations, quantities and types of energy infrastructure required for generation and storage, including onshore wind, to meet our future energy demand with the clean, affordable and secure supply that we need