As its cloudy, cold, and not windy and renewables are crap...France is running flat out and at the evening peak so too will the UK be, with imports from France already less than they might be.
Thank Clapton most of the nukes are back on line.
(if you wondered what happened to French Gridwatch earlier today, they changed the data file format, is all, and I had to recode the bit that analyses it)...
And even with all those wind generators, Denmark is only producing
80MW from them, and is importing nearly 1GW to compensate. At least we're producing 2.2GW from ours!
big static front all over NW Europe and south east of england..
yup. For once the wind forecast is almost right.
Scotland has wind. Rest of N Europe zilch,
In message , Adrian writes
But no wind.
In message , Chris Hogg writes
And what is the total installed capacity of windmills in the UK?
Supposedly 7GW. So we are being short-changed to the tune of 4.8GW - that we have paid for. What I want to know is when the wind industry is going to provide us with what we've paid for. Perhaps harry can tell us.
En el artículo , Adrian escribió:
hint: not in the UK :)
I am. And the sun so's bright I've had to close the blind, so I can't see if the wind farm is running or not.
Same here
I see NI has been saved from 100 windmills
On the meters anyway
Sunny all day here too. Not seen a single cloud.
When the power lines to transport the electricty are completed.
Ah, but I am...
Its looking very critical. French and Dutch imports at zero effectively, all coal nukes wood burners and CCGT online, and already the pumped and hydro are pretty much giving their little all...wind is a measly 2GW...
I've lost French figures as they are simply showing 'no data' for crucial areas. Coincidence?
All we have left is STOR, a bit of OCGT and some mothballed oil burners that take hours to get online...sheesh
Ah, so when that is done, wind will supply us with 7GW on a 7 x 24 basis? So we can use it as base load? That is what I have been asking.
why on earth bother with harry?
According to this
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