KatherinaReichelt@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoDon’t use electricity during solar eclipse, urges Britain’s biggest energy supplierwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down118
arrow-up151arrow-down1external-linkDon’t use electricity during solar eclipse, urges Britain’s biggest energy supplierwww.independent.co.ukKatherinaReichelt@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square32linkfedilink
minus-squarereddig33linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoSolar currently only generates 30% of UK grid electricity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_the_United_Kingdom For a region that clouds over and rains quite often, you’d think the grid could handle an hour without sunshine during an eclipse. What do they do every night when the sun goes down? Does everyone across the UK just turn everything off? 😂
Solar currently only generates 30% of UK grid electricity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_the_United_Kingdom
For a region that clouds over and rains quite often, you’d think the grid could handle an hour without sunshine during an eclipse. What do they do every night when the sun goes down? Does everyone across the UK just turn everything off? 😂