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by Coriolis
Sun Mar 30, 2025 4:47 pm
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: How low will gas go in 2025
Replies: 6
Views: 303

Re: How low will gas go in 2025

Vague NESO article published on Friday: https://www.neso.energy/news/preparing-way-clean-power-2030 Rather more useful is their Operability Strategy Report 2025 also published this month at https://www.neso.energy/document/358116/download Page 8 has an update on their Zero Carbon Operation (ZCO) by ...
by Coriolis
Sat Feb 01, 2025 2:04 pm
Forum: Wind Power
Topic: Kirkhill not advertising output?
Replies: 3
Views: 3026

Re: Kirkhill not advertising output?

Only generators connected to the transmission system (large thermal plants, offshore wind farms, and more recently large solar farms) are directly reported in grid generation figures. Generators connected to the distribution network (smaller onshore wind farms, most solar farms and other embedded ge...
by Coriolis
Thu Dec 19, 2024 10:11 am
Forum: Wind Power
Topic: New wind record?
Replies: 50
Views: 15285

Re: New wind record?

Another wind record notification from NESO this morning: 22.523 GW on 18 December 2024.
by Coriolis
Mon Dec 16, 2024 4:37 pm
Forum: Wind Power
Topic: New wind record?
Replies: 50
Views: 15285

Re: New wind record?

dan_b wrote: Mon Dec 16, 2024 1:28 pm Not officially recognized by NESO - at least not yet - they're still saying record wind was 21st Dec 2023 with 21.813GW
Notification from the NESO app now declaring a new record yesterday of 22.243 GW.
by Coriolis
Fri Oct 18, 2024 11:27 pm
Forum: Wind Power
Topic: First power from new offshore wind farm
Replies: 6
Views: 2546

Re: First power from new offshore wind farm

GarethC wrote: Fri Oct 18, 2024 5:46 pm Must be quite small turbines by latest standards. 9MW?
It's an old project with a troubled history. Was granted a CfD in Allocation Round 1 back in 2015 with a targeted commissioning date of 2019. Delays to construction starting then hit by supply chain issues and covid-19.
by Coriolis
Tue Oct 15, 2024 10:22 pm
Forum: Cafe
Topic: Chernobyl cooling water lake.
Replies: 4
Views: 1796

Re: Chernobyl cooling water lake.

Jeremy Wade visited Chernobyl in River Monsters:

by Coriolis
Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:57 pm
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: Labour to use royal land to boost wind energy
Replies: 10
Views: 1973

Re: Labour to use royal land to boost wind energy

One point I picked up on was that having the Crown Estate put money in (from surplus which would otherwise go to the exchequer) it doesn't count as government / public spending! I have no problem at all with public spending, especially for investment, but if this means that we can invest but avoid ...
by Coriolis
Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:24 pm
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: GB Power HQ
Replies: 5
Views: 1142

Re: GB Power HQ

Moxi wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 3:11 pm It makes a change for such things to be based outside of London

Moxi
Green Investment Bank was set up in Edinburgh and still has a major presence there as part of Macquire's Green Investment Group now.
by Coriolis
Thu Jul 25, 2024 9:24 am
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: Labour to use royal land to boost wind energy
Replies: 10
Views: 1973

Re: Labour to use royal land to boost wind energy

How is this different to the offshore wind farms that have all already been built and the ones that are in planning - they're all based on land made available by the Crown Estate as well? Or have I missed something? Sounds like The Crown Estate will invest in projects and not just provide seabed le...
by Coriolis
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:04 pm
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: Renewable's overtake gas in the UK supply for last winter
Replies: 16
Views: 5819

Re: Renewable's overtake gas in the UK supply for last winter

Crikey - I had a look on Wikipedia to see if there was an article about all the gas pipelines coming into Europe. And yes there is. Just look at the number and size of them - goodness me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_natural_gas_pipelines See also https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/g...