How low did the frequency go  ? "dangerously low"  is rather subjective, an actual figure would be preferable.

How low did the frequency go  ? "dangerously low"  is rather subjective, an actual figure would be preferable.

I see that we're currently exporting 1.12 GW to the French whilst importing 0.88 GW from the Dutch. How does that work?

Are we charging the French more than we pay the Dutch?

probably - or at least we have agreed in advance to do so, and to fail to deliver would cost us more than importing. You can't help feeling an extension  lead direct from France into Holland would be a better bet - the market method makes odd things happen sometimes. On the map below it is coming in on the uppermost red one  into the south of England

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BritNed

and going out on the south one, so its not a huge detour, but the DC- AC-DC conversion is a waste of a few %

Mike

It's a market, so buying and selling as a commodity. Someone's making a profit.

This is where it all goes wrong as energy is not a commodity its a fundamental necessity for life.

But so is food.  And you have to buy that from whoever is selling it.

But you can choose your food.

There speaks a Townie ;-)  A lot of perfectly good food just grows, chickens lay eggs in the back garden etc, what you pay for has more to do with where you live. 
And rather like the fruit on the trees, some energy just arrives for free, but you need to be organized enough to know when to catch it.
M.

mapj1 said:

You can't help feeling an extension  lead direct from France into Holland would be a better bet

Isn't that the European grid?

But but that's a choice. Do we eat chicken or porridge. 

We all need energy to cook with. That we can't control.