Imagine standing at the supermarket till with 1 large jar of coffee and 4 tins of soup in your basket, but the receipt says you have paid for 5 jars of coffee. That infuriating, cheated feeling?  That’s how Ofgem’s pricing setup treats consumers on days like today. Gas prices are being charged for wind and…

Power generated is in GW and energy stored is in GWh. Power stations create POWER and can run for years. Batteries store ENERGY. So defining storage as 27GW is misleading… is that the power it can supply, for a minute, an hour, or a day? The energy is in fact not defined. But it sounds…

Storage require to fill the gap assuming no CCGT (gas) Dunkelflaute Length 4-day event 3,398 GWh £336bn 12-day event 10,195 GWh £1,007bn Not a realistic option, but such events have happened on multiple occassions since I began monitoring in 2024

(Prepared by LLM Claude Sonnet 4.5) In January 2026, the UK electricity grid averaged 35,857 MW of demand with renewable sources (wind and solar) providing 33.9% of total electricity generation. Wind generation was particularly strong with a 64.9% capacity factor, while solar contributed modestly at 9.2% capacity factor typical for winter months. Demand Patterns Electricity…

Analysis from Perplexity Storm Amy was expected to generate record-breaking wind power in the UK, with forecasts predicting wind generation could reach as high as 24 gigawatts (GW), surpassing the previous record of 22.52 GW set in December 2024. This expectation was based on Amber weather alerts and predictions of gusts exceeding 95 mph in…