A place to post links and discussions around the UK's energy production, National Grid, energy consumption, and green energy news.
See https://grid.iamkate.com/ for the UK's current energy production and sources.
Created 23/07/23
Demand is 27.1 GW at the time of this post. 3.6 GW (13%) is coming from gas; 2.7GW (10%) from nuclear; a net 1.6% is coming from imports.
Source: https://grid.iamkate.com/
25% on an island known for being covered in clouds and rain… and they say it’s non-viable in the states somehow
Yet we're still pegged to the coal/oil prices. I hope that's one of the first things Labour change when they get back in power.
Surely it isn't from domestic solar?
Not residential solar, no. In fact, we don't have proper data for how much is generated by residential as it just appears as a reduction in demand.
So just read the figures on the web as "...after residential solar".
