Indeed, though with the reduced load due to the holidays we would have been fine without significant wind power. Even at times of low load wind power saves gas which is hugely costly at present.
In recent months we have been regularly exporting electricity to France. Mainland Europe is in a bit of a panic over electricity supplies at present, broken nukes in France, planned closedown of some German nukes, natural gas hugely expensive, and a number of failures of old coal burning plants in Eastern Europe.
Rota power cuts in Kosovo, due to coal power plant breakdowns and no affordable imports of electricity.
Buy candles. Buy Tilley lamps. Buy paraffin. Buy shares in MEMS power or Aggreko. Buy blankets and long underwear.
