Lucky then we don't have the winds and cold weather at the same time.

I'm beginning to wonder if maybe we should be all living underground.
Brian

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On 09/02/2020 12:23, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Sun, 9 Feb 2020 10:38:19 +0000, Spike
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Although the wind always blows somewhere, it isn't always the right wind
in the right place at the right time.

With demand at 1030 of ~33GW, wind is producing only 9GW, but all the
interconnectors are on 'import' (a total of about 4.5 GW), hydro and
pumped hydro are contributing 1.3 GW and OCGT is on 0.7GW.

Solar is, as expected, 0 GW.

So much for Harry's prediction that we'll be exporting power when the
storm hits us. But I'm surprised both coal and OCGTs are up when
CCGT's don't seem to be flat out.

Yes: those are probably 'emergency standby' generation being run up. To
make sure it can be.



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