Report: Cost of integrating solar into UK power system 'negligible'

Madeleine Cuff
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New study suggests cost of adding solar to the UK power system - including back-up power for when the sun does not shine - stands at just £1.30 per megawatt hour, while solar-plus-storage systems are delivering net benefits

Critics of solar power often cite the intermittency of the energy it supplies as one of the major barriers to its large-scale integration into the national power system. But a new report released today...

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