Improved interconnection is a better fix than storage-farms. It is always windy somewhere, and there’s always somewhere else that needs electricity, but the ability of interconnects to bring that energy from one national generation system to another is limited. Doubly so for the UK and Ireland which have high potential for wind energy production but lie in two separate AC synchronous regions from Continental Europe (Yes, Northern Ireland lies in a different electrical grid from the rest of the UK - until the Moyle interconnect started operation in 1991, NI was completely isolated from UK generators).
Long-term, there are plans to interconnect the European power grid with grids in North Africa. Climatic wind patterns in Africa and Europe are nicely aligned: in Europe, we tend to get lots of wind in Summer when there’s low electricity demand, in North Africa higher wind is in Winter when there’s low demand there (electricity demand in hot countries is driven by cooling, not heating).
Long-term, there are plans to interconnect the European power grid with grids in North Africa. Climatic wind patterns in Africa and Europe are nicely aligned: in Europe, we tend to get lots of wind in Summer when there’s low electricity demand, in North Africa higher wind is in Winter when there’s low demand there (electricity demand in hot countries is driven by cooling, not heating).