On Sat, 13 Jul 2013 11:05:26 +0100, Tim Streater wrote:

"On what is billed as hottest day of year wind currently providing a
0.4% of electricity. A mere 144 MW out of 32,800 MW being consumed."

Now take a similar weather setup in 6 months time, add 20 GW to that
demand and take 20 C from the temperature. Wind only 0.27% ...

Also wind has been at that sort of pathetic level for the last week.

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Cheers
Dave.