1GW+ of Batteries on Grid Tonight

[nowty]

I note wind is a bit low and the dark nights have arrived and we are even exporting to the Dutch and Denmark.

I checked Terravolt website and added up around 1GW currently discharging into the grid. There may be more not on there as Gridwatch is showing 2GW of "other".
https://terravolt.co.uk/uk-grid-visual/



Also 1.5GW from pumped storage and nearly 0.7GW from hydro.

Thats about a HPC size'd amount of power (3.2GW) for the peak period.

[Stinsy]

I wonder how loudly these commercial battery operators will be lobbying against saving sessions and power hours? The last thing they need is consumers stealing their margin!

[Krill]

I wonder how loudly these commercial battery operators will be lobbying against saving sessions and power hours? The last thing they need is consumers stealing their margin!

They've been complaining since last years saving sessions.

[nowty]

I wonder how loudly these commercial battery operators will be lobbying against saving sessions and power hours? The last thing they need is consumers stealing their margin!

They've been complaining since last years saving sessions.

Stacking will be allowed for DFS so they may be joining in, I suspect the public participation in saving sessions will wither away.
https://www.energynetworks.org/assets/i ... firmed.pdf

[dan_b]

It's staggering how quickly that that amount of battery storage has appeared on the grid. I guess there's about 3-4 hours worth of actual battery output at that power level.

I suppose the more BESS there is on the Grid, the less profitable it becomes for them though as there is more energy available at all times? I'm sure we're a long way off that being an economic factor!