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‘Tight Days’ For Electricity This Winter Says Network Operator as UK Presses on With Dynamiting Potential Backup Power Stations

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Reports from UK power networks ahead of the winter peak in energy demands say suuply margins should be sufficient but note “tight days” possible, with a reliance on imports as the UK runs down its domestic gas extraction and demolishes would-be backup power plants.

The National Energy System Operator (NESO), the electricity delivery body created by Britain’s left-wing government to “[deliver] our mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower”, and the National Gas network both released winter outlook reports on Thursday, each stating they are satisfied they are prepared for the coming months but revealing the potential for problems if foreseeable stressor events occur simultaneously.



This is short-sighted, increasingly prominent energy analyst Kathryn Porter says, reports The Daily Telegraph, which notes she states that if a period of cloudy, still weather hits northern Europe then “all bets are off”. Porter has previously been particularly criticalof the rush for renewables and the impact this had on Spain’s power networks when the entire country was disconnected from electricity for a whole day, saying it went too far too fast and didn’t give the network time to mature the new technology before becoming dependent on it.

 
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