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h/t red; Coal plants scheduled to be demolished in March 2023 have been activated to rescue Britain’s power grid. My question – what are the plans for next winter?
Coal power plants go live and customers pay to cut energy use in UK cold weather
National Grid asks Drax and EDF to start warming up three plants and says it will enable live-on-demand flexible service on Monday night
Miles Brignall Monday, January 23, 2023 09.47 AEDT
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With a high-pressure weather system accompanied by light winds likely to dominate for a few more days, the National Grid electrical system operator (ESO) said early Sunday it had asked Drax to begin “warming up” two of its coal units at its North Yorkshire site, and EDF to do the same for one at its West Burton plant in Nottinghamshire to ensure secure supply on Monday.
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The requirement for power plants followed a similar one in mid-December, although back then Coal burning station did not “Our projections suggest that power supply margins are expected to be lower than usual on Monday night,” ESO said. “We have directed coal-fired power units to be ready to increase power supply if needed tomorrow night.
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With much of the UK enjoying gentle breezes and cold sunny Sundays, wind power only 6.89 gigawatts, about 17.6% of the total generated.
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Back in July 2022, Drax announced it had agreed to defer the shutdown of its coal assets until March 2023.
Six-month extension of coal operations at the request of the UK Government
6 July 2022
In response to mounting pressure on the European gas market and concerns regarding the security of electricity supply in the UK this winter, the UK Government has asked owners of gas-fired power generation properties to older coal, including Drax, partnered with National Grid to temporarily extend the life of their coal-producing assets through March 2023.
At the request of the UK Government, Drax has now signed an agreement with National Grid – as the power system operator – under which its two coal-fired units at the Drax Power Station will remain available. provide “winter backup”. ” serves the UK power system from October 2022 to the end of March 2023. The units will not generate commercial power for the duration of the agreement and will only operate if and when instructed to do so by National Grid. so.
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Read more: https://www.drax.com/investors/six-month-extension-of-coal-operations-at-request-of-uk-government/
Who thinks Britain is ready to shut down its remaining coal assets?
How much of everyone’s electricity bills are the costs of keeping Drax and other coal plants up and running at all times, because the fleet of useless renewables cannot meet Britain’s energy needs all at once. reliable way?
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