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If demand doesn’t rise, Genesis’ new renewable power stations would increase the country’s share of renewable power to 93 per cent, England said. Currently, around 80 per cent of our electricity each year comes from renewable stations, and more if we’ve had a lot of rain.
The new renewable power stations would provide more of the country’s day-to-day power needs – what the industry calls baseload.
“Huntly isn’t just backup power. We often kid ourselves that it is… [but] it's actually also baseload power. We have an opportunity to displace that baseload power,” England said.