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Originally Posted by Chris
That’s not exactly true. Transmission lines have a finite capacity and it is quite possible for there to be more wind power generated in Scotland than can be transmitted southwards.
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Its not only possible, its a know fact/issue (the B6 Boundary).
It sometimes means Scottish wind farms are paid not to produce electricity because they would overload the Scottish network, and there isnt enough link capacity to send it south into England and Wales atm. The go ahead was given in the summer to build 4 new link cables (EGL1 to 4).