Power cuts by the weekend ?

[Brigadier]

British Gas warns there is only a week of supply left

UK storage sites only half full as Britain braces for low wind speeds and freezing temperatures

www.telegraph.co.uk

Charge up your devices, and your drivel can remain unfettered by such matters

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Interestingly if we do run out of gas (nobody that I can see is actually saying that) it would make all the discussions of the wfa irrelevant

 

[diy_fun_uk]

They need to bring back coal ...

 

[Sunshine32]

'Earlier this week the conditions took the country to “within a whisker of blackouts”, according to analysts, with gas power plants paid the equivalent of more than £2m an hour to keep the lights on.'

£2m an hour! How many hours did we rack up in total?

 

[aveatry]

At least the elderly wont be using any gas thanks to Rachael from accounts

 

[Sunshine32]

At least the elderly wont be using any gas thanks to Rachael from accounts

Ah man, I can't imagine how some of them fared over this recent cold spell.

 

[MNW67]

'Earlier this week the conditions took the country to “within a whisker of blackouts”, according to analysts, with gas power plants paid the equivalent of more than £2m an hour to keep the lights on.'

£2m an hour! How many hours did we rack up in total?

That doesn't sound bad for supplying 30m households.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

She's defending herself right now in the House of Commons ...

 

[Sunshine32]

That doesn't sound bad for supplying 30m households.

Wouldn't it be cheaper in the long run though to just increase the gas storage capacity?

 

[aveatry]

Worryingly I have been seeing social media adverts by vox pop people in the street asking if they know what to do in a power cut, I grabbed a screenshot from one. Also I have seen the same poster on the back of a bus. The stupid net zero nonsense has brought us to this.

 

[MNW67]

Wouldn't it be cheaper in the long run though to just increase the gas storage capacity?

I've just been reading that new sites have been explored, but they claim it's not economically viable. Maybe we just don't have the right geology?

 

[aveatry]

I think we keep the liquid gas ships off the coast and use them as the storage, buying gas from USA - who blew up the Nord stream pipeline. You gotta give it to those yanks !

 

[motorbiking]

This paints a different picture.

Perfect storm reduces UK winter gas storage to ‘concerningly low’ levels

Press release about a perfect storm of conditions reducing UK winter gas storage to ‘concerningly low’ levels

www.centrica.com

 

[carmanmemoranda]

This paints a different picture.

Perfect storm reduces UK winter gas storage to ‘concerningly low’ levels

Press release about a perfect storm of conditions reducing UK winter gas storage to ‘concerningly low’ levels

www.centrica.com

Interesting excerpt from that, .........

We are an outlier from the rest of Europe when it comes to the role of storage in our energy system and we are now seeing the implications of that” said Chris O’Shea, Group Chief Executive of Centrica.

 

[Sunshine32]

I've just been reading that new sites have been explored, but they claim it's not economically viable. Maybe we just don't have the right geology?

It's all a mighty mess one way or another.