Electricity Generation By Renewables
Category: SnapShot
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Lots of solar, no wind , so gas filling the gap (again).
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New Category Added:-“Other” comes into play when wind generation is low.It’s generation of last resort as its expensive !
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Demand: 30.31 GWWind: 4.34 GWSolar: 0.00 GW (Electricity Maps)CCGT (Gas): 23.89 GWNuclear: 4.36 GWBiomass: 3.35 GWIntercon : -5.58 GW (Exporting)Synch Gen: 104.3 % (Over Generating)
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Why are we running polluting CCGT gas plants to export the power to Europe ?