Work this story out for yourselves .... do we have power cables connecting us to France? Under the English Channel? If not ... then how can this story be true? You can't e-mail power or send it by wifi! How can France be given our power ???? Apparently there is indeed an undersea cable running to France from the UK!
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The cackhanded pursuit of Net Zero by Ed Miliband and his predecessors has left Britain having to pay France and other countries to take excess power off our hands for a significant portion of the year. The Telegraph has more.It’s the Ed Miliband paradox: why does Britain have among the highest power prices in Europe when we have so much electricity that suppliers have to pay customers to use it?
It was a question repeated across the energy industry last week after power prices briefly turned negative, meaning customers and countries abroad were paid to use surplus electricity generated in Britain rather than having to pay for it.
It meant free energy for some consumers to use as they pleased – to charge their electric vehicles (EVs) or simply make a cup of tea – and saw Britain offloading the rest to the likes of France and Holland, not just free but with a chunky payment attached.
This might sound like an oddity, but it was far from the first time. So far this year, Britain has seen around 50 hours of negative prices. Last year, the amount totalled 150 hours – a sevenfold increase since 2021, according to Aurora Energy.
By 2028, UK prices could be below zero for 15% of the year – more than 1,300 hours, LCP Delta says.
The reason is that Britain is generating too much energy, resulting in a surplus that must be absorbed for the power system to function properly.
The obvious answer would seem to be switching them off. But in Britain, the system for connecting solar power and some wind means they are always on. Our nuclear stations are also difficult to ramp up and down....<<<Read More>>>...
