“Live data from the National Grid’s Electricity System Operator showed that **wind power was providing just 3% of Great Britain’s electricity generation** on Sunday. Gas-fired power stations provided 59%, while nuclear power and electricity imports both accounted for about 15%.
The day-ahead price for power for delivery on Monday reached a record £675 a megawatt-hour on the Epex Spot SE exchange. The price for power at 5-6pm, typically around the time of peak power demand each day, passed an all-time high of £2,586 a megawatt-hour.”
A scene we are seeing across Europe now. It shows the issue balancing our current energy needs with the current state of renewables.
Coping with the demand is one thing, but if the average joe can’t afford it, then what’s the point?
At last people may see why renewables aren’t cheap.
If you need a fleet of gas and coal plants on standby for whenever the wind stops it’s not cheap.
A gas/coal plant that only runs some of the time or doesn’t run at full capacity costs almost as much as one that does. So unless renewables can go 24/7 we are paying twice.
If you disagree please tell me why rather than clicking doon arrow.
> It allows people to save cash if they avoid high-power activities, such as cooking or using washing machines, when demand is high.
I’m glad they put this bit in the story. I keep hearing about people sitting in the dark. As long as your bulbs are not old, light isn’t where your energy is going. The one exception is halogen bulbs.
They are asking you to eat at 5pm instead of 6pm or 7pm, or stick the tumble dryer on overnight. That stuff.
At the end of the day, coal is better than nothing, but it shows how vulnerable we are and not at all energy secure as a country.
We should have invested in nuclear 20 years ago, and be investing heavily in wind and solar now. Some will say hindsight is 20/20, but there were plenty of people predicting energy shortfalls regardless of Ukraine
Every time it’s windy there’s some article posted about how much energy is coming from wind power, as if it proves we can rely on wind. Some bozo always pipes up “it’s always windy somewhere”. Yeeeeah. Wind is nice, but just like now, it’s not reliable. Being freezing cold and windless is quite common in British winters. This is why we need nuclear and tidal power.
Oh so they could up production to lower energy prices
This is why the DNO’s are starting up talking about Rota Load Disconnections
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and this from the Guardian:
“Live data from the National Grid’s Electricity System Operator showed that **wind power was providing just 3% of Great Britain’s electricity generation** on Sunday. Gas-fired power stations provided 59%, while nuclear power and electricity imports both accounted for about 15%.
The day-ahead price for power for delivery on Monday reached a record £675 a megawatt-hour on the Epex Spot SE exchange. The price for power at 5-6pm, typically around the time of peak power demand each day, passed an all-time high of £2,586 a megawatt-hour.”
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/11/uk-power-prices-hit-record-high-amid-cold-snap-and-lack-of-wind-power
Them nuclear power plants don’t seem like a crap idea now in comparison 🤔
Coal has been fired up and is at 3% already https://grid.iamkate.com/
A scene we are seeing across Europe now. It shows the issue balancing our current energy needs with the current state of renewables.
Coping with the demand is one thing, but if the average joe can’t afford it, then what’s the point?
At last people may see why renewables aren’t cheap.
If you need a fleet of gas and coal plants on standby for whenever the wind stops it’s not cheap.
A gas/coal plant that only runs some of the time or doesn’t run at full capacity costs almost as much as one that does. So unless renewables can go 24/7 we are paying twice.
If you disagree please tell me why rather than clicking doon arrow.
> It allows people to save cash if they avoid high-power activities, such as cooking or using washing machines, when demand is high.
I’m glad they put this bit in the story. I keep hearing about people sitting in the dark. As long as your bulbs are not old, light isn’t where your energy is going. The one exception is halogen bulbs.
They are asking you to eat at 5pm instead of 6pm or 7pm, or stick the tumble dryer on overnight. That stuff.
At the end of the day, coal is better than nothing, but it shows how vulnerable we are and not at all energy secure as a country.
We should have invested in nuclear 20 years ago, and be investing heavily in wind and solar now. Some will say hindsight is 20/20, but there were plenty of people predicting energy shortfalls regardless of Ukraine
Every time it’s windy there’s some article posted about how much energy is coming from wind power, as if it proves we can rely on wind. Some bozo always pipes up “it’s always windy somewhere”. Yeeeeah. Wind is nice, but just like now, it’s not reliable. Being freezing cold and windless is quite common in British winters. This is why we need nuclear and tidal power.
Oh so they could up production to lower energy prices
This is why the DNO’s are starting up talking about Rota Load Disconnections
[https://www.ssen.co.uk/power-cuts-emergencies/electricity-supply-emergency-code-esec](https://www.ssen.co.uk/power-cuts-emergencies/electricity-supply-emergency-code-esec)
It’s ramped up more than usual this year. Still very little from National Gird ESO and the Government on the matter which is disappointing.