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<blockquote data-quote="Geoff1946" data-source="post: 502904" data-attributes="member: 28452"><p>Is it just me who thinks the UK is heading for disaster with our power supplies?</p><p></p><p>It's presently calm, mostly overcast, but as it's only October not particularly cold, and it's Saturday, so presumably industrial demand will be modest. </p><p></p><p>I've just looked at </p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/</a></p><p></p><p>Wind power contribution is about 5 percent of demand. The international connectors appear to be at maximum, whilst nuclear, gas, and biomass are giving a major proportion of their capability.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, the only recent announcement from government, on investment, is to build more wind capacity. Our nuclear plans are delayed as overseas investors don't want to fork out for us. (Who could blame them?)</p><p></p><p>Looks to me like a cold snap plus one or two system faults and the proverbial will really hit the fan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geoff1946, post: 502904, member: 28452"] Is it just me who thinks the UK is heading for disaster with our power supplies? It's presently calm, mostly overcast, but as it's only October not particularly cold, and it's Saturday, so presumably industrial demand will be modest. I've just looked at [URL="https://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/"]https://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/[/URL] Wind power contribution is about 5 percent of demand. The international connectors appear to be at maximum, whilst nuclear, gas, and biomass are giving a major proportion of their capability. Meanwhile, the only recent announcement from government, on investment, is to build more wind capacity. Our nuclear plans are delayed as overseas investors don't want to fork out for us. (Who could blame them?) Looks to me like a cold snap plus one or two system faults and the proverbial will really hit the fan. [/QUOTE]
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