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UK wholesale day-ahead electricity prices surge to a record high

https://twitter.com/javierblas/status/1601900043375616002

by LiamPa • 4 years ago

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mytailorisrich2• 4 years ago

Having a look at gridwatch.co.uk now and then is very telling.

Electricity generation is mostly gas and coal has been reactivated. As I'm typing coal supplies 4% of electricity, wind 3%.

We're hitting a key issues with renewables like solar and wind. This is winter in the UK, we're not going to get a lot out of solar and if we hit a calm patch (there's been little wind lately) we're pretty much screwed.

cjbenedikt• 4 years ago

Precisely why we need grid storage.

jacquesm• 4 years ago

The UK actually has some of that (pumped storage, mostly). But not enough to last long enough.

mytailorisrich2• 4 years ago

Or reliable sources of electricity.

Not sure storage would even save us in the current situation.

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