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Energy bills are climbing again in the UK while billions are being paid out in curtailment costs. Flexible load solutions that could help stabilise the grid are being ignored.

According to the Financial Times, in the 2024–25 financial year. NESO spent £2.7 billion in total balancing costs in 2024–25, with wind curtailment a major contributor.

This curtailment happened because the grid could not handle the excess electricity.

https://ft.com/content/221d5b5d-ae51-4a6c-8516-b3b906d3ff89

Recent coverage paints a clear picture.

YahooFinance and CoinDesk report on Hut 8’s efforts to monetise energy assets, showing how miners are aligning with the energy sector to provide stability and unlock new revenue streams.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hut-8-maps-path-monetization-131011324.html

https://coindesk.com/markets/2025/08/27/hut-8-maps-path-to-monetization-of-energy-assets-as-bitcoin-mining-carve-out-nears-benchmark

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Flexible load can absorb excess renewable generation, reduce curtailment costs, and lower bills for households and businesses.

https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/aea8e937-fd18-400f-afd9-c3513112c757/downloads/d3850229-208c-4385-9b86-2e82fd55cc6c/UK%20Power%20Grid%20Bitcoin%20Mining%20as%20a%20Demand%20Side%20.pdf

The UK energy crisis is not going away. It is time to stop ignoring solutions that are already working elsewhere.

H/t to Progressive Bitcoin UK for today’s newspaper headlines.

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Its almost as if this is a very deliberate ploy by the labour government to bring the UK to its knees, in order for it necessary to have to go back to the IMF for a bail out , and one of the preconditions of the bail out the IMF will request we re-join the EU.

There can be no other reason, other than complete stupidity , which given the state of the talent available in the labour party we obviously can't rule out either.

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