AndySir
So currently, the grid that connects Portugal to Poland is "merely" a grid that crosses national boundaries, but when the already connected UK is connected twice, it will suddenly be a supergrid?
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Wow
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And you bitch about the daily mail?
I'm well aware of the rather insane plan to build solar water heaters in Libya and use them to boil water to power steam turbines to generate electricity.
I just dont see how building a second connection between the UK and the main European grid can be considered "the first step" in anything.
I repeat, the UK is already connected to the European Supergrid, that already exists. That there are plans to expand it hardly means it does not exist.
Adam2
Under EU law, it would be illegal for French utilities to prioritise France, but then, its illegal to reimpose border controls too...
UK-Netherlands power cable begins transmission
Moderator: Peak Moderation
The marketing bumpf:
"Supergrid is not an extension of existing or planned point to point HVDC interconnectors between particular EU states. Even the aggregation of these schemes will not provide the network that will be needed to carry marine renewable power generated in our Northern seas to the load centres of central Europe. Supergrid is a new idea. Unlike point to point connections, Supergrid will involve the creation of "Supernodes" to collect, integrate and route the renewable energy to the best available markets. Supergrid is a trading tool which will enhance the security of supply of all the countries of the EU."
It's a distinct project, as I tried to tell you, rather than a technical or geographic description of the scale of redundancy.
"Supergrid is not an extension of existing or planned point to point HVDC interconnectors between particular EU states. Even the aggregation of these schemes will not provide the network that will be needed to carry marine renewable power generated in our Northern seas to the load centres of central Europe. Supergrid is a new idea. Unlike point to point connections, Supergrid will involve the creation of "Supernodes" to collect, integrate and route the renewable energy to the best available markets. Supergrid is a trading tool which will enhance the security of supply of all the countries of the EU."
It's a distinct project, as I tried to tell you, rather than a technical or geographic description of the scale of redundancy.