How Britain broke its electrical grid (and how to fix it)

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Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 40% off your subscription by going to https://ground.news/simonclark The British* electrical grid has massively reduced its carbon impact. Yay! But in the process it kind of broke. Boo! In this video lets talk about how to change that. Ooo! *things are different in Northern Ireland! Again, this video was not sponsored by Ripple, nor did they have any control over its contents. If you’d like to learn more about them, you can do so here: https://bit.ly/3Yov6Gb You can support the channel by becoming a patron at http://www.patreon.com/simonoxfphys REFERENCES 1. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-co2-coal?tab=chart&country=GBR~OWID_EUR~OWID_WRL~CHN 2. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/30/end-of-an-era-as-britains-last-coal-fired-power-plant-shuts-down 3. https://www.energydashboard.co.uk/live 4. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-mix-uk 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levelized_cost_of_electricity#/media/File:Electricity_costs_in_dollars_according_to_data_from_Lazard.png 6. https://ca1-eci.edcdn.com/_720xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/Weighted-energy-prices.jpeg?v=1724955253 7. https://www.nesta.org.uk/blog/uk-household-electricity-prices-rose-to-levels-higher-than-those-in-any-eu-country/ 8. https://www.energylivenews.com/2024/09/30/uk-has-worlds-highest-industrial-electricity-costs/ 9. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/sustainable/sites/bartlett_sustainable/files/the_role_of_natural_gas_in_electricity_prices_in_europe_updated_may_2023.pdf 10. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/natural-gas-prices?country=~UK+NBP 11. https://grid.iamkate.com/ 12. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/oct/07/ive-fallen-out-with-people-the-bruising-debate-over-uk-zonal-energy-pricing 13. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/review-of-electricity-market-arrangements-rema 14. https://madano.com/news/review-of-electricity-market-arrangements-shaping-the-future-of-the-uks-power-sector 15. https://heatable.co.uk/solar/advice/solar-panel-costs 16. https://grist.org/buildings/how-germany-outfitted-half-a-million-balconies-with-solar-panels/ ---------- II ---------- More about me https://www.simonoxfphys.com/ My second channel - https://www.youtube.com/simonclarkerrata Threads - https://www.threads.net/@simonoxfphys Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/simonoxfphys TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@simonoxfphys Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/drsimonclark ---------- II ---------- Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic Some stock footage courtesy of Getty. Edited by Luke Negus. Why does the UK have such expensive electricity? Why are renewables so expensive? Are renewables like wind ruining the electric grid? This video explains how the British electrical grid became low carbon but broke, and how we can fix the problem of marginal pricing and how to save money on your energy bills. Huge thanks to my supporters on Patreon: Norm Zemke, David Mann, Eric A Gentzler, Glen Monks, Gary Stark, dryfrog, Marcus Bosshard, Peter Reid, bitreign33. Jacob, Bastian Pranzas, Jeffry ., Whitefang, Marius Kießling, Jon Arlov, Artem Plotnikov, Paul H and Linda L, Andy Hartley. Hernando de Sá Silva, Zr0w3n, Duffman, Claudia Kapp, Cy 'kkm' K'Nelson, Baerbel Winkler, OldGreyWolf, Oscar Hoffmann, Steamrollerman , Andy Parr, Ricky Jones, Guy Markey, Nicholas Hamdorf, Katharina Hartmuth, Mark Phillips, Jor Eero Raico Svederic, KJ Xiao, Martin Sinclair, Matt Beer DFC, Tschäff Reisberg, Tobias Ahsbahs, James Gaskell, Denis Kovachev, Michael Thomas, Victor Gordan, Joona Mäkinen, Tanner , Dominik Rihak, Nico Casal, Laura Glismann, Mark Harper, Ryan, Inten, Tyler Schwartz, John, James Haigh, Rick Kenny, Bailey Cook, Sergio Diaz, Christopher Mullin, I'm stuck in a PhD and I blame Simon., Joseph , Nicklas Kulp, Thomas Newman, Anže Cesar, Josef Probst, Kevin B, Phineas, Ishaan Shah, AngryPanda, Circuitrinos, Mark Richardson, Brian Moss, Thomas Miller, Knut Nesheim, Dajeni, AYS , Forever Bulking, Kim Parnset, Crisan Talpes, Pawel Piwek, Ted CLAY, Mike, Seb Stott, Diederik Jekel, Fuzzy Leapfrog, Jan-Willem Goedmakers, Samat Galimov, Ashley Hauck, Nico, Thibault , GGH, FireFerretDann, Ciotka Cierpienia, Sam, szigyi, Marcin Wrochna, Tom Painter, Phil Saici, Ashley Steel, Simone, Tomás Garnier Artiñano, Steffan , Adam Gillard, Christopher Hall, Miguel Cabrera Brufau, Sylvus , Florian Thie, James Gurney, Eddy Torres, Clemens, Andy Giesen, Jacob Speelman, Robin Anne McDuff, Jean-Marc Giffin, Cifer, Felix Winkler, Christian Weckner, Thomas Charbonnel, Sekhalis, Mark Moore, Philipp Legner, Zoey O'Neill, Justin Warren, Heijde, Trevor Berninger, streetlights, Gabriele Siino, David Mccann, Leonard Neamtu, James Leadbetter, Rapssack, Dan Sherman, Adrian Sand, Morten Engsvang, Haris Karimjee, Alex, Cody VanZandt, Igor Francetic, Daniel Irwin, Sean Richards, Michael B., Thusto , Lachlan Woods, Dan Hanvey, Andrea De Mezzo, Real Engineering.