Flick 🇬🇧 on Nostr: Ah, good old Dunkelflaute. ...
Ah, good old Dunkelflaute.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/08/weather-warnings-snow-disruption/
As freezing weather swept into the South East, the National Energy System Operator (Neso) warned that it expected power supplies to become particularly tight between 4pm and 7pm.
The crunch forced grid operators to pay huge sums to gas power plant owners to keep them running. The cost will ultimately be borne by households and businesses through their bills.
At one stage, they agreed to pay the Rye House power station, in Hertfordshire, the equivalent of £1.8m per hour, transparency data shows.
Three gas-fired units in Connah’s Quay, North Wales, were also paid a combined £2m per hour.
https://archive.ph/CruVx
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/08/weather-warnings-snow-disruption/
As freezing weather swept into the South East, the National Energy System Operator (Neso) warned that it expected power supplies to become particularly tight between 4pm and 7pm.
The crunch forced grid operators to pay huge sums to gas power plant owners to keep them running. The cost will ultimately be borne by households and businesses through their bills.
At one stage, they agreed to pay the Rye House power station, in Hertfordshire, the equivalent of £1.8m per hour, transparency data shows.
Three gas-fired units in Connah’s Quay, North Wales, were also paid a combined £2m per hour.
https://archive.ph/CruVx