On 03/11/2011 10:23, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Sizewell B and Longannet going off line in quick succesion with the
loss of 1,510,000 kW generation gave the grid summat to think about
in May 2008. Load was shed, ie people had power cuts and most of the
country noticed the dip in voltage and then further voltage
reductions.

That's no worse than the wind dying over the whole country. We are
having to cope with that sort of loss on a weekly basis now.

That's why they are burning more gas and coal. To cope with all the
renewable energy.

You think that is bad? Just wait until Huhne gets his way and 50% of
energy comes from renewables, principally windmills as things stand at
present.

--
Roger Chapman