[epanchin]

In the UK, wind is primarily in Scotland away from most of the population - people don’t build where it’s windy.

So transmission of solar should be less, as the sun shines everywhere, and people like to build houses where it shines the most.

[epistasis]

Hopefully coal is not built close to the population either...

[DamonHD]

There is no coal-fired electricity generation in the UK now.

But no, neither coal nor nukes would be welcome in cities just to reduce transmission costs!