GREAT BRITAIN BRACED TO PAY MILLIONS FOR BACKUP ELECTRICITY DURING SOLAR ECLIPSE

Event expected to curtail solar power just as summer’s fifth heatwave increases use of air conditioning and fans Great Britain is braced to pay millions for backup electricity supplies to prevent a shortfall on… The government’s electricity grid operator is expected to make multimillion-pound payments to secure electricity at short notice before the moon blocks up to 95% of the sun over parts of the country, the most dramatic…

Climate crisis | The Guardian reports that event expected to curtail solar power just as summer’s fifth heatwave increases use of air conditioning and fans Great Britain is braced to pay millions for backup electricity supplies to prevent a shortfall on…

The report adds: The government’s electricity grid operator is expected to make multimillion-pound payments to secure electricity at short notice before the moon blocks up to 95% of the sun over parts of the country, the most dramatic…

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