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Black outs on the horizon

whjohnson 2 months ago

Looks like a bullet was narrowly dodged back on January 8th.

Blackouts near miss in tightest day in GB electricity market since 2011

Will we ever have a coherent energy policy in the UK? The graphs make interesting reading.

watt-logic.com/.../

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0 Simon Barker 2 months ago

We haven't had a coherent policy since energy was privatised. That's 1990 for electricity. It's now a weird combination of leave it to the market, plus subsidise almost every form of generation in one way or another, so nobody knows what anything really costs.

We have negligible amounts of gas storage, and negligible amounts of electricity storage in the UK. We need a lot more of both. But the regulatory regime needs to make it worthwhile to install.
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0 statter 2 months ago in reply to Simon Barker

Yes, the newly formed NESO is in the process of producing regional energy plans - so call RESPs. This will be very challenging without good input from customers and installers. I'm not holding my breath. see Decision on future of local energy institutions and governance | Ofgem etc
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0 statter 2 months ago in reply to Simon Barker

Yes, the newly formed NESO is in the process of producing regional energy plans - so call RESPs. This will be very challenging without good input from customers and installers. I'm not holding my breath. see Decision on future of local energy institutions and governance | Ofgem etc
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