Enda Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 17 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: I wonder how much more energy is being consumed now that everyone is stuck in their cold houses, using electricity and internet etc all day long. You can check this out yourself. The “funny” thing about electricity is that every second of every day the amount produced has to match the amount used because it can’t really be stored. That means there’s real time data of electricity demand available publicly online. I only know the exact sites for Ireland but it looks like gridwatch.co.uk makes it available for the UK 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted January 6, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 6, 2021 http://grid.iamkate.com Not sure if that helps, but it's vaguely interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart_75 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Wholesale electricity prices are currently at their highest due to zero wind and our nuclear plants being offline.. I know as my tariff tracks them and changes every 30mins (Octopus Agile). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 In the summer we normally have to pay other countries to take our excess electric I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart_75 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, darrenm said: In the summer we normally have to pay other countries to take our excess electric I think With Octopus Agile the consumer gets paid when there is excess power on the grid, 99% during the night. Its been know that you can get paid up to 5p/kwh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted January 6, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 6, 2021 39 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: I wonder how much more energy is being consumed now that everyone is stuck in their cold houses, using electricity and internet etc all day long. Less. Considerably less. One of the things that has been done well, somewhat surprisingly is the management of the National Grid. Particularly in the summer, but ongoing. Because of so many offices and factories and shops and cinemas and... etc. being closed that resulted in a big overall drop in demand for power. The increase in home demand was far less. Anyway, as a consequence stuff like wind generated power, which obviously fluctuates and has to be balanced as it surges and falls made up a much greater proportion of the total energy use - a good thing. But the grid management of fluctuating wind (parp!) when it makes up a bigger chunk of the feed in is tricky. It all went seamlessly. Now it's winter, the wind is generally stronger and though people's home heating and lighting demands obviously increase, much heating is gas, not electricity, so I'd expect the summer's pattern of lower overall demand to carry on. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 6, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 6, 2021 23 minutes ago, Enda said: You can check this out yourself. The “funny” thing about electricity is that every second of every day the amount produced has to match the amount used because it can’t really be stored. That means there’s real time data of electricity demand available publicly online. I only know the exact sites for Ireland but it looks like gridwatch.co.uk makes it available for the UK Getting wildly off topic but they think this will be one of the big benefits of mass electric car ownership. They spend a lot of time, especially at night wired up fully charged with electricity. You can then make money by allowing it to be used as a grid battery and a small % of the battery can be sold back to the grid, the net effect of millions of cars giving back a tiny % each allows massive flexibility in the grid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 1 minute ago, sidcow said: Getting wildly off topic but they think this will be one of the big benefits of mass electric car ownership. They spend a lot of time, especially at night wired up fully charged with electricity. You can then make money by allowing it to be used as a grid battery and a small % of the battery can be sold back to the grid, the net effect of millions of cars giving back a tiny % each allows massive flexibility in the grid. You can already just buy a battery from the likes of Tesla for that exact purpose or to use the cheaper night rate energy during the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Yeah EVs as portable grid storage is an exciting concept and makes EVs much more useful than just low carbon transport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 In other news, the wife's booked in for the vaccine next week. She's backline NHS and not at risk or elderly so it looks like they're getting their act together. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StefanAVFC Posted January 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2021 **** end my existence. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: **** end my existence. FFS. I won't do it and my neighbours will abuse me for not being supportive. **** em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 6, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 6, 2021 I'm supporting them by staying in and not breaking any rules. Which I assume is more than many, many people who spent all summer happy clapping have been doing over the last few weeks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 I'm annoyed they didn't think of a new name though. Dance for our doctors Rap for our respirators Kneel for our nurses Burp for Boris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCU Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 If anything this clap is just reminding me when we 'did it' the first time, and that was a **** depressing time. Can we not please. I'd rather try and look forward. I'm sure they'll be OK without us freezing our balls off on our door steps...clapping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xann Posted January 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2021 Instead of us clapping for the NHS maybe the Tory Filth could stop pissing on it? 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 London hospitals are executing a mass discharge to free beds. Many of the discharged will require specialist care at home, such as wound dressing and syringe drivers. Proper creaking now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, Xann said: London hospitals are executing a mass discharge to free beds. Many of the discharged will require specialist care at home, such as wound dressing and syringe drivers. Proper creaking now. Yet the "On standby, ready to go" Nightingale hospital still has no patients? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Davkaus said: Yet the "On standby, ready to go" Nightingale hospital still has no patients? Shush - Get outside and clap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Yet the "On standby, ready to go" Nightingale hospital still has no patients? Because there is not enough staff to run it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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