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Re:New UK record for wind power set today – 21.81 GW between... by jonatron on Thursday December 21, 2023 @09:07AM (#38720531)
On 9 August 2019 there was a significant power cut due to lack of inertia. This duration was significantly reduced because of batteries [1]. Since then, gas turbines have been repurposed to provide inertia without generation [2]. Check out the documentary series "Guy Martin's Great British Power Trip" [3] for more national grid facts.

[1] https://www.theblackoutreport.co.uk/2023/08/09/9-august-2019... [2] https://www.nationalgrideso.com/news/deeside-power-station-b... [3] https://www.channel4.com/programmes/guy-martins-great-britis...

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Re:New UK record for wind power set today – 21.81 GW between... by 4ggr0 on Thursday December 21, 2023 @10:17AM (#38721461)
For everyone who doesn't know Guy Martin, I initially know him as a superbiker and first heard of him in the context of the Isle of Man TT[0][1], so I was a bit surprised to see he's now doing docuseries about power grids :D

[0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmNXCJt7K3Q

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Man_TT

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