dakta
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As many will already be aware there's a very interesting site (https://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/) which allows, in almost realtime, one to view the loading on the national grid and see the proportions to which different energy production methods are contributing to meet that demand.
I don't watch it religiously, but over the years had a peek and it only seems a short while ago coal was neck and neck with gas turbines, and glancing this week we've had, not just on occasion, but good lengthy periods of time where wind and solar combined have effectively been meeting near or just over half of demand.
I remember (again not very long ago) having lengthy debates with people about whether wind or solar would ever be able to stand its own in the overall energy mix, - there's a time and place for saying how much further there is to go (I am a petrolhead and generally not too into such discussion), but I do note we have come some considerable distance haven't we.
Not really a question as much an observation
I don't watch it religiously, but over the years had a peek and it only seems a short while ago coal was neck and neck with gas turbines, and glancing this week we've had, not just on occasion, but good lengthy periods of time where wind and solar combined have effectively been meeting near or just over half of demand.
I remember (again not very long ago) having lengthy debates with people about whether wind or solar would ever be able to stand its own in the overall energy mix, - there's a time and place for saying how much further there is to go (I am a petrolhead and generally not too into such discussion), but I do note we have come some considerable distance haven't we.
Not really a question as much an observation