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Originally Posted by jonbxx
Ever the nerd, I love this site - https://gridwatch.co.uk/ You can see how much electricity the country is currently (arf!) using and how it is generated. As of 1645 today, 37% of our electricity comes from wind power while 31% comes from gas. I was surprised how much solar we had in the UK. At it’s peak, 3% of our electricity needs were met by solar power today. Not bad for a murky day.. |
But look at the longer term figures. There are times when wind power has dropped to a tenth of that.
An added complication is that although it is called a national grid, there can be localised shortages.
Eg This July
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National Grid paid £9,724 per megawatt hour, more than 5,000% than the typical price, to Belgium on Wednesday to prevent south-east London losing power.
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Increased demand for energy across Europe, combined with a bottleneck in the grid, forced National Grid's Electricity System Operator (ESO) to buy electricity from Belgium at the highest price Britain has ever paid to keep power flowing.
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