Electricity - the disaster preparedness thread

IdleRich

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148 I.Q. Magical Thinker said:
UK shut down 80% of gas storage a few years ago, so now we have a few days in reserve.

A shift to renewables which don't really deliver at scale.

Russian gas diplomacy.

Electric vehicle demand.
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Also, cos for some reason - I forget why - the UK left the European Energy syndicate thing (I dunno the real name obviously) and thus drastically reduced their energy buying power and leverage relative to their European neighbours.
 
sufi

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IdleRich said:
Also, cos for some reason - I forget why - the UK left the European Energy syndicate thing (I dunno the real name obviously) and thus drastically reduced their energy buying power and leverage relative to their European neighbours.
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www.thetimes.co.uk

Will the French cut off our electricity supply over fishing row?

What is the latest row about?Last week the government announced which French boats would be given licences to fish within 6-12 miles off the UK coastline.But of
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:ROFLMAO:
 
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Britain’s electricity grid operator is investigating unexplained power plant failures that hit the UK’s system hours before Spain and Portugal were plunged into blackouts.

Control room staff at the National Energy System Operator (Neso) observed unusual activity on Sunday that saw the power frequency shift unexpectedly in the early morning and the evening.
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The first event began at around 2am with a power failure at the Keadby 2 gas-fired power plant in Lincolnshire, followed by the unexplained failure of the Viking Link interconnector between the UK and Denmark.

At around 6pm, the frequency shifted unexpectedly again – with the cause currently unknown.
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It's The Telegraph reporting so they chucked in some line about a bloke blaming Spain's reliance on renewables. The official quotes are people saying it's highly unlikely the issues in Britain are linked to those in Europe, so maybe it's nothing and they're just capitalising on the news cycle.
 
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It says there have been issues with loss of power and damage to a pantograph since 10.15am today (April 29).

Ian Davies, TfGM’s Interim Director for Metrolink, said: “Due to a loss of power we are currently unable to run tram services across the city centre and other parts of the network.

“We are investigating this as a matter of urgency, with operator staff on site and across the network and apologise for the inconvenience this is causing.

“Given the nature of the incident we expect this could last for some time and potentially affect peoples’ journey home from school and work later.

“We will of course keep customers updated throughout the day and I’d encourage customers to check the Bee Network app, website and social channels for the latest information and advice.”
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www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

LIVE: Major Metrolink disruption across Greater Manchester with tram line CLOSED

A power incident is affecting services across the region
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