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GB National Grid Status
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#2pretty cool, graphs seems tiny to me, but I usually like this one https://grid.iamkate.com
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#4Ok, I must have missed this but ... Wind produces 16% of UK electricity, and nuclear produces 13% ....
Ok wow.
I assumed solar would be the thing that takes over, and In Spain that's probably true. But here it seems wind is going to be a win.
Anyway I still need to work out how to spend my declining years - how to write software for renewable energy farms ... wind or solar.
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#5Ok, I must have missed this but ... Wind produces 16% of UK electricity, and nuclear produces 13% .... Ok wow. I assumed solar would be the thing that takes over, and In Spain that's probably true. But here it seems wind is going to be a win. Anyway I still need to work out how to spend my declining years - how to write software for renewable energy farms ... wind or solar.
Well bare in mind that capacity's different from the current (as in now, not amperes.. but that too) generation on this Winter day.
(Not saying it does go the other way in capacity though, I don't know.)
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#6You can also view the effects of a frontpage post on HN here: http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/admin/
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#7Ok, I must have missed this but ... Wind produces 16% of UK electricity, and nuclear produces 13% .... Ok wow. I assumed solar would be the thing that takes over, and In Spain that's probably true. But here it seems wind is going to be a win. Anyway I still need to work out how to spend my declining years - how to write software for renewable energy farms ... wind or solar.
The UK is one of the best positioned countries in the world in terms of natural wind resource.
This is because large parts of the north sea are shallow/have banks that very large offshore wind farms can be built on.
No terrain to get in the way, no people to object about it being close to their house.
Scotland is also windy and not that populated and so has quite a few onshore farms.
Eg see.
https://orsted.com/en/media/newsroom/news/2022/08/2022083155....
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#8Ok, I must have missed this but ... Wind produces 16% of UK electricity, and nuclear produces 13% .... Ok wow. I assumed solar would be the thing that takes over, and In Spain that's probably true. But here it seems wind is going to be a win. Anyway I still need to work out how to spend my declining years - how to write software for renewable energy farms ... wind or solar.
In UK wind is actually broadcasted to take over. After the new line connecting with Norway (for hydro storage) the majority of investments are going into wind.
On Nuclear, I think right now there is 1 big nuclear plan offline for maintenance so there might be some of that too.
In the Mediterranean area, while there is more prevalence of solar, it's not a clear winner either. For instance in Italy there is quite an aggressive law on usage of agricultural space for big solar farms. Solar will win in the decentralized, domestic space, an area that I'm highly interested in. At scale, Wind seems to offer a better ROI, especially on country on the coast line (or other favourable morphological characteristic)
I'm heavily looking to switch to work on the space (from more traditional consumer products), but it's a more full stack space: software is written as a byproduct of the hardware. unfortunately I haven't found any Electrical engineering interesting in doing something in the space. Shameless plug if there is someone out there interested.
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#9Fascinating!
The data shows pretty clearly that combined-cycle gas turbines are still THE type of power stations that are used to balance the supply and demand, but solar is already helping a lot during the day.
French data shows gas power stations produce up to 9GW (~13%), and without solar they would be used to produce 12.5GW (~19%).
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#10Ok, I must have missed this but ... Wind produces 16% of UK electricity, and nuclear produces 13% .... Ok wow. I assumed solar would be the thing that takes over, and In Spain that's probably true. But here it seems wind is going to be a win. Anyway I still need to work out how to spend my declining years - how to write software for renewable energy farms ... wind or solar.
The UK is too northerly and has too little spare land for solar to dominate (it will of course still play a large role). Wind is where it’s at. The UK has a vast and windy offshore domain.