The UK has 40% of Europe's wind resource with the right investments in generation and storage (and the UK is investigating a lot of options here not just traditional chemical batteries) things can only improve. Battery recycling can already reuse a lot of the chemical makeup of existing batteries.

As for France, what a shocker, is anyone surprised?

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