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crabbyob

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wind power supplied half the power used on Saturday
« on: Jan 06, 2021, 12:23:06 PM »
Wind Generated More Than Half of Britain's Electricity For The First Time on Saturday
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Re: wind power supplied half the power used on Saturday
« Reply #1 on: Jan 06, 2021, 12:24:47 PM »
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Re: wind power supplied half the power used on Saturday
« Reply #2 on: Jan 06, 2021, 02:09:35 PM »
What about the other half.?
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Re: wind power supplied half the power used on Saturday
« Reply #3 on: Jan 06, 2021, 02:13:33 PM »
Dirty gas, oil coal and (shhhh) CO2 free nuclear.


Not sure how much coal fired capacity we have left. Some of it is going over to using wood pellets which, apart from production and transport, are carbon neutral.
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Re: wind power supplied half the power used on Saturday
« Reply #4 on: Jan 06, 2021, 02:27:05 PM »
and we import the pellets
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Re: wind power supplied half the power used on Saturday
« Reply #5 on: Jan 06, 2021, 02:37:03 PM »
Just as well there was the right amount of wind on Saturday.
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Re: wind power supplied half the power used on Saturday
« Reply #6 on: Jan 06, 2021, 02:57:47 PM »
The day referred to is December 27th.According to Gridwatch the demand on the day was unusually low and as stated the wind was unusually high.Even so wind only supplied half of demand for a few minutes in the early morning.Usually it varies between 5% and 20% and being wind,is impossible to plan for.
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Re: wind power supplied half the power used on Saturday
« Reply #7 on: Jan 06, 2021, 03:46:17 PM »
Shhh. You'll upset the tree huggers.
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Re: wind power supplied half the power used on Saturday
« Reply #8 on: Jan 06, 2021, 03:47:47 PM »
Quote from: crabbyob on Jan 06, 2021, 02:27:05 PM
and we import the pellets
We imported the coal from the 80s on too of course. But you obviously knew that. I'll get me coat...
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Re: wind power supplied half the power used on Saturday
« Reply #9 on: Jan 06, 2021, 05:07:06 PM »
My son has one of those bloody great pellet stoves in his cottage, cost a fortune to install and has to have bags lugged in to keep filled up, I'll stick to my Oil heating thanks.
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