Summary:
The article is about a cable between the UK National Grid and the Dutch National Grid. Running from the Isle of Grain in Kent to Maasvlakte in Rotterdam and it's about 260 km long with a capacity of 1,000MW. This can be compared to the capacity of a nuclear power station.
The ten nations at the borders of the North Sea signed an agreement to build a European super grid, connecting the countries through cables to exchange energy. Renewable wind energy can be brought to countries where wind is not available and can be exported from the countries that have too much.
Comment:
I think it is a very good idea because it is very environment friendly and countries who want to use environment friendly energy but have not enough wind available are now given the change to use it too. The same goes for solar power and hydropower as is also mentioned in the article. In the article it is also mentioned that it is an advantage for consumers because a single European market puts pressure on the prices. Therefore I do not really see any disadvantages about this super grid.
Summary is well written and covers all basic subjects of the article. However I wonder if the technical details needed to be added or not, but it does not distract from the subject.
ReplyDeleteComment is decent and well written as well, however the question should be if there really isn't any negative side to a story like this.