Comment by Reason077
3 years ago
It won't be long (perhaps in the next 2-3 years) before the UK grid will be able to operate for periods without any CCGTs running at all. We've already come quite close this winter, with record low CCGT output and record high wind turbine production.
Wind turbine output, although variable, is also fairly predictable: so good modelling and scheduling should ensure that when CCGTs do operate, they can run as efficiently as possible and not be spinning up and down too frequently.
Only if the interconnects are there. Scotland can operate without gas for periods now, but it can’t get enough power where it’s needed.
It's easy to reduce gas usage if you simply don't provide power arbitrarily.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/national-gri...
This was blown way out of proportion by the press for about a week a few months ago. Someone got hold of the National Grid contingency plan for situations where projected power generation doesn't meet demand, and somehow extrapolated that into "the National Grid are poised over the disconnect button, and will be certain to use it any day now".
Why link something that has already been proven false?