At the moment, the average level of energy demand in the UK is around 30GW, with peak demand reaching 60GW. The UK currently has the capacity to 10GW of energy from offshore wind farms alone. By 2035 we’re aiming for a whopping 40GW. With renewable capacity like that, we’re gonna need to call on everything we can to soak all that extra green energy and make sure it doesn’t go to waste. That means customers will need to be enticed with super cheap energy (as Octopus is already encouraging with their smart tariffs and trials), EVs and batteries are gonna need to turn on and store up what they can, and green hydrogen generation plants are going to have to use up as much as possible too. In short, it’s not an either or - there will be more than enough green electrons to go around!