UK Relying On Europe For A Fifth Of Its Power
Countries like the UK have in essence exported the brittleness created by increasing amounts of flicker power in the network into Europe. They call it a market and in a sense, that’s what it is. The cost of all this dumping unwanted power into Europe and purchasing balancing power must be added on top of the stack for wind and solar. Playing games works for a while, until the neighbors need the flexibility themselves.