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AE-NMidlands wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:03 pm at least wind and hydro combined are doing more than nuclear!
I wonder what the figure would be for people drawing down their home batteries, i.e. self-consuming what they either generated earlier today or topped up in the wee small hours?
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Pity on the majority in England holding back on WT's eh? :ugeek:

Not a dig.

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Or maybe it's a minority? I would also be interested to know the approx number of homes with battery storage.
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19.7kW PV SE, VI, HM, EN & DW
Ripple 7kW WT & Gen to date 19MWh
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Re: UK Wind Record

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Joeboy wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:34 pm
AE-NMidlands wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:03 pm at least wind and hydro combined are doing more than nuclear!
I wonder what the figure would be for people drawing down their home batteries, i.e. self-consuming what they either generated earlier today or topped up in the wee small hours?
A
Pity on the majority in England holding back on WT's eh? :ugeek:
Not a dig.

https://rippleenergy.com/generation-yes ... Launch+Map

Or maybe it's a minority? I would also be interested to know the approx number of homes with battery storage.
England's not looking so bad here:

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but maybe a smaller proportion of the population than in Scotland.
p.s. and guess what I found?

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Based purely on generation, then not a record this morning, a mere 18.17 GW's, but 74.1% of current demand with a further 1.03 GW's each being exported to Netherland, France and Belgium. Better than being curtailed I guess.
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Around Thurs looks nuts, should be back into 20GW territory if not a record.Image
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Cold tonight and consumption high.
Is this a Gas record ?
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ecogeorge wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2023 10:13 pm Cold tonight and consumption high.
Is this a Gas record ?
George.
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You look correct, I looked through the data on Gridwatch and the highest generation on CCGT is 26.109 GW @ 18:20 today 01/12/23. :shock:

And this is shortly after the saving session when people increased their demand or reduced their export. :fan:
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Well I drained my battery and now I'm pulling fropm the grid, and I imagine there will be more than few households doing the same. None of this seems surprising given this was the point of the exercise? Perhaps there was a misjudgement, but I thought the point was to stop the grid falling over and the reduce the use of coal, rather than to reduce gas use.
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Coal can't go any higher - that's all that's left and even that won't be around for much longer - so I guess it makes sense that any extra thermal generation would be taken up by gas. If the saving sessions mean the Grid avoids the really nasty oil/diesel or OCGT units firing up then it's still a win.

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I do not see the point of the saving sessions storeing demand up and all coming at once - seems to be making matters worse. Must be missing something.
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