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Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by Reason077 on Thursday January 12, 2023 @04:50PM (#34360755)
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.

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Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by midasuni on Thursday January 12, 2023 @05:45PM (#34361327)
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.
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Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by pstrateman on Thursday January 12, 2023 @07:39PM (#34362445)
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...

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Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by KptMarchewa on Thursday January 12, 2023 @10:00PM (#34363464)
Why link something that has already been proven false?
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Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by jon-wood on Friday January 13, 2023 @05:27AM (#34365998)
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".
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