The National Grid has put two-coal fired British power plants on standby to deal with tightened supplies on the UK’s electricity network.
Two coal units at British powerThe National Grid ordered the units to be warmed up on Sunday night in case more energy sources are needed.Temperatures plunged below freezing across much of England and Wales on Sunday night and are expected to remain frosty through to Monday night.The combination of colder weather and volatile supplies from wind power has heaped pressure on the power grid in recent weeks.in the UK in recent years, often surpassing gas during the last two winters.
But it remains susceptible to sudden large drop-offs, forcing the UK to import electricity from Europe or ramp up fossil fuel generation.The latest data on the UK’s energy mix shows the amount of daily power supplied by wind generation has halved since Thursday, while several gigawatts of electricity were imported from France.
The country had to rely on last-minute supplies of power from the French and Dutch networks – which are supplied to the UK via undersea cables – during a supply scare last month. National Grid blamed a fault on the network in southern England and confirmed that no homes or other properties lost power during the incident.
Rolling blackouts were laid out as a possibility in the body’s worst-case scenario predictions this winter but have been
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