[HN Gopher] UK wholesale day-ahead electricity prices surge to a...
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       UK wholesale day-ahead electricity prices surge to a record high
        
       Author : LiamPa
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2022-12-11 20:46 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | cjbenedikt wrote:
       | Precisely why we need grid storage.
        
       | mytailorisrich wrote:
       | Having a look at gridwatch.co.uk now and then is very telling.
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       | Electricity generation is mostly gas and coal has been
       | reactivated. As I'm typing coal supplies 4% of electricity, wind
       | 3%.
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       | We're hitting a key issues with renewables like solar and wind.
       | This is winter in the UK, we're not going to get a lot out of
       | solar and if we hit a calm patch (there's been little wind
       | lately) we're pretty much screwed.
        
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