UK Wind Record

[dan_b]

20.5GW now at 1.40pm - must be a new record?

[Joeboy]

20.5GW now at 1.40pm - must be a new record?

Excellent!

[nowty]

Nah, its been to 21.1 GW on Energy Numbers at the last record time.

And gridwatch needs to be over 16.7 GW.

[Tinbum]

I took this screen shot last night which I really liked.

[Fintray]

I took this screen shot last night which I really liked.

Wind producing more than twice that of gas and nuclear combined, need to get rid of that green crap!

[nowty]

I took this screen shot last night which I really liked.

Wind producing more than twice that of gas and nuclear combined, need to get rid of that green crap!

I looked on Carbon Intensity and the lowest overnight was 74g / kWh.

I think the UK record is 39g / kWh Easter Monday 5th April in 2021.
Low demand, high wind and high solar.
05/04/21 @ 2pm (from Gridwatch so Wind was more likely 14)
Gas CCGT 2.3
Coal 0
Nuclear 4.9
Solar 7.2
Wind 12
France 1 (importing)

[Tinbum]

Yes and would have been more if we wern't propping up France. (edit in reply to Fintray).

[dan_b]

I think that's the lowest we can run the gas on the grid currently without things getting a bit twitchy. And that's about as much nuclear as we can get at the moment and for the forseeable future.

The amount that Drax produces from US Tree Pellets is still ridiculously high though

[Mart]

Yes and would have been more if we wern't propping up France. (edit in reply to Fintray).

Just looked at Energy Numbers and we are now exporting 6GW to mainland Europe. Wowza.

Just guessing, but perhaps all of these interconnectors are allowing us to generate more wind. I mean, less curtailment, if (just guessing at the if) internal interconnectors can't handle it all.

[Mr Gus]

That's how it ougt to be, great news.