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0 pointslogifail4y ago0 comments

> "Securing Britain's energy supply by diversifying from EU interconnectors"

Honestly, the EU27 have their own home-grown grid problems to deal with[0], helping third countries transit power through the EU territories must be right at the bottom of the list!

Austria and Germany had a single electricity price zone ... until October 2018, one of the reasons blamed for the split was "slow grid expansion"[1].

[0] https://www.euractiv.com/section/electricity/news/german-ele...

[1] https://www.apg.at/api/sitecore/projectmedia/download?id=24f...

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alibarber4y ago

This is basically my reading of the situation. After reading the article I was certain the comment section here would look like this, but anyway, my take home is ‘technological advances mean it is now easier just to lay a long cable on the sea floor than all of the political maneuvering needed to transit power across multiple countries’

Obviously- that may be wrong, but let’s see, would be cool if it’s true.

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alibarber4y ago

Obviously- that may be wrong, but let’s see, would be cool if it’s true.

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