Free electricity!

[Crofter]

Not sure if this has been discussed already but sounds interesting: 

 

https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/27/european-country-vows-to-give-homeowners-free-electricity-instead-of-switching-off-wind-tu

 

In short: UK government is going to trial discounted or free electricity on windy days, in certain areas.

 

Mr Octopus says it's a good start but operating as a trial doesn't give the long term confidence needed to get people to switch to EVs and ASHP.

 

Labour had previously ruled out zonal pricing so I'm not sure why they've changed their minds. But, given I live right next to a large wind farm, it sounds good to me!

[BotusBuild]

Put all the AI data centres near the wind farms.

 

That'll get the NImBY's going 😀 

[SteamyTea]

4 minutes ago, BotusBuild said:

Put all the AI data centres near the wind farms

Can't we use the sea to cool them. It would be nice to go for a dip, without a rubber suit on.

 

I saw something about tokens/watt the other day.

ChatGPT uses about 340 MWh/day for a billion queries.

I am not sure if that is good or bad. It is about 10 times a standard Google search.

[BotusBuild]

Combine the two ideas 👍🏻