I'm massively pro wind - indeed I've developed a wind farm myself and my wife finances them - but it is simply unavoidable that they don't turn all the time (even aggregated), that we don't have a lot of storage, and that we need *some* baseload. Do we get all of this from France?
Yes, we have to do what is necessary (yes, Hinckley, Sizewell debatable, SMRs for some heavy industry). But there is a broader narrative that nuclear is clean and competitive (if only not for pesky regulation). It's neither. Battery technology will also improve which reduces intermittency.
I think we're essentially in the same place on this. *Some* nuclear is needed. But to my original post, I simply don't get why the Greens want to get rid of all of it. If you want a secure, decarbonised, robust grid, we just can't do without it. The alternative is fossil fuels.
Yes, we can't get rid of it in this generation. But we can minimise it and we should.
GB has multiple interconnections its never just Fra (or even always Fra as GB net exported when Fra Nuclear had a skip fire of a yr in '22) there is always the gas reserve for limited hours. You'd deliver more GB wide decarb from spending SZC money in other ways.