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Aaaa-aaaaaa-ah! Aaaa-aaaaaa-ah!
It comes from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the cold winds blow
The hammer of the gods
Will turn the blades of turbines
To light the grid, sing and cry
Wind power, I am coming…
The ‘Viking Link’ connector, projecting Danish power across the North Sea… I feel a song coming on… Aaaa-aaaaaa-ah! Aaaa-aaaaaa-ah! It comes from the land of the ice and snow From the midnight sun where the cold winds blow The hammer of the gods Will turn the blades of turbines To light the grid, sing and cry Wind power, I am coming…
How come Denmark can produce cheaper and less carbon intensive energy than the UK? Can't offshore windmills be built in the UK too?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/08/what-wen...
How come Denmark can produce cheaper and less carbon intensive energy than the UK? Can't offshore windmills be built in the UK too?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/08/what-wen...
The ‘Viking Link’ connector, projecting Danish power across the North Sea… I feel a song coming on… Aaaa-aaaaaa-ah! Aaaa-aaaaaa-ah! It comes from the land of the ice and snow From the midnight sun where the cold winds blow The hammer of the gods Will turn the blades of turbines To light the grid, sing and cry Wind power, I am coming…
Has the Danelaw come again? Someone call Uhtred!
How come Denmark can produce cheaper and less carbon intensive energy than the UK? Can't offshore windmills be built in the UK too?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_coal-fired_powe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratcliffe-on-Soar_Power_Statio...
Edit: interconnector already ramped to 800MW importing to the UK. Let’s gooooooooo!
How come Denmark can produce cheaper and less carbon intensive energy than the UK? Can't offshore windmills be built in the UK too?
Re: cutting undersea cables. For critical infrastructure like this during cold war style conditions (i.e. Russian-NATO conflict), I wonder how pros/cons of public vs private ownership compare... For example: I could imagine sabotaging public infra is more akin to an attack on the state (therefore disincentized). But on the other hand, I suspect private interests can be more clever in protecting their investment, beca…