Wind Power Failed Again Last Week
March 8, 2021
By Paul Homewood
https://grid.iamkate.com/During the past week, wind power has contributed just 2.0 GW to Britain’s grid, 6% of demand. Solar power needless to say has been irrelevant.
As usual gas power has done the heavy lifting, with a contribution of 1.1 GW from coal as well.
The grid has also been heavily reliant on imported electricity, with the interconnectors supplying 4.5 GW, clearly an extremely unsatisfactory and worrying situation.
About a quarter of wind power is embedded in the distribution network, so does not appear in the above figures, instead reflecting in lower demand. This would push total wind power up to about 2.8 GW, meaning it is running at 11% of capacity.
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