Can We Live on Renewables?

Can we live on renewables in the UK? Only if the green (generation column) is at least as tall as the red (consumption) column, ignoring issues such as intermittency.

Start Here (press one of these to get to a known state):

Modify Consumption Modify Generation
p107 scenarios:
"Defence"
Transporting stuff
Stuff
Food, farming, fertilizer
Gadgets
Light
Heating, cooling
Jet Flights
Car
Geothermal
Tide
Wave
Deep offshore wind
Shallow offshore wind
Hydro
Biomass
PV farm
PV
Solar Heating
Wind
Total Consumption
Total Generation

Costs

Assuming the following:

costs of the selected plan (eg money, land-area, etc) are:

Source kWh/d/pCost £/p (capex)Area m^2/p Comments
Rooftop solar PV Non-south-facing roofs require more area for the same generation. May conflict with (say) solar thermal for hot water. Not every home has a suitable roof (eg flats, shaded by trees).

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