UK Energy

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 14 points 1 year ago

At first I was like "hey where's the coal?" and for once, I was pleasantly surprised.

Hopefully we can make a smooth transition off gas and make it vastly renewable.

Great news.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

And the cost of electricity is pinned to the price of the most expensive fuel, which is gas.

Lame.

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[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah this is a great example of how as long as a bunch of capitalists are in charge, they will just eat up the productivity gains of any new technology while continuing to shaft the rest of us.

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[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So why do we need more nuclear then?

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[+] AcesFullOfKings@feddit.uk [S] 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago

We don't have time for nuclear and it's not cost effective. More renewable and more batteries is cheaper and quicker and already happening. Last year, gas was 29.7% and wind was 30.1%, gas will be down again looking back a year from now.

https://grid.iamkate.com/

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[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How far off of this being normal are we?

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[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Look at : https://grid.iamkate.com/

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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

20% of last year we were below 100g/kWh. That was up from 14.5% the year before. So, every year it's becoming more and more common.

The 2030 target is to be below that level averaged over the year.

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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

It's not that uncommon. Last year we were below 100g/kWh (the 2030 target) for about 20% of the time. We averaged 83g today.

Chart from mygridgb.co.uk

Look over the last 12 months and you'll see renewables are 30% over the year. 30% Gas, 15% Nuclear and 10% Biomass. The rest is imported from France (mostly Nuclear) and Norway (Hydro).

This year should see another 3GW of wind start up at Dogger Bank, with similar amount scheduled for the next couple of years. This will be more and more common.

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -4 points 1 year ago

Nukes are the more efficient future; batteries and sunlight is the near-term solution, with sunlight/wind and pumped reserve (backing the hydro) in the middle.