Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ on Nostr: Lots of wind combined with lots of solar means mainland Britain is sailing along with ...

Lots of wind combined with lots of solar means mainland Britain is sailing along with almost 80% renewables. In fact we have a surplus of generation, which is being exported to surrounding countries. No coal. Gas is just 5.7% of the mix — and that’s because we need the inertia of those spinning turbines. Otherwise the gas could be turned off for a bit, which it will be soon enough. Maybe only half an hour the first time, then longer and longer, just as the coal went from our grid.