from Hacker News

UK wholesale day-ahead electricity prices surge to a record high

by LiamPa on 12/11/22, 8:46 PM with 4 comments

  • by mytailorisrich on 12/11/22, 9:28 PM

    Having a look at gridwatch.co.uk now and then is very telling.

    Electricity generation is mostly gas and coal has been reactivated. As I'm typing coal supplies 4% of electricity, wind 3%.

    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.

  • by cjbenedikt on 12/11/22, 10:21 PM

    Precisely why we need grid storage.