Upgrading the grid infrastucture is a massive undertaking in some countries.

The UK grid is built around coal generation. With the shift to offshore wind away from population centres, new tranmission cables are required. Sadly there is excessive wind generation and suppliers are paid to shutdown. It is laughable.

But yes, with more renewables it will improve.

Ignoring the question, but still interested in your story.

You moved to China on your own at 16? That’s wild, almost unbelievable.

How did you get a working visa at that age?

https://www.ft.com/content/f0b621a1-54f2-49fc-acc1-a660e9131740

I thought you’d at least have a chuckle when you realised that it was night time when you made your dumb comment.

Over the last 12 months it is 25% solar and 13% wind. The population centres on the east coast are worse than WA, SA and TAS in that regard.

Yes, 45% of coal generated electricity is awful, but you were still incorrect in saying Australia is doing nothing.

A collosal solar farm and transmission cable to Singapore is under construction which is will be a great achievement when complete.

Norway regularly has very high energy prices… in fact, they’re so high they want to cut exports.

The reason they’re high is because of the grid in other countries being hit by low wind or grey sky days, pushing up the minimum pricing that they’re also subjected to by being part of the same grid.

There are other cables as well. One of them runs through the chunnel. The UK regularly gets upto 10% of its supply from France (seasonal, time, cost dependant)

The sun doesn’t shine at night. Have a look when it is daytime there and you’ll see upwards of 60% of their electricity is solar.

Or use the EM site and check for past statistics.