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Major power stations may have to reduce their output during the summer after National Grid predicted lower demand for electricity. The system operator expects an increase in generation from small-scale renewables connected to the distribution network will result in less power being needed from gas and coal-fired plants. National Grid has forecast peak transmission system demand of 33.7GW, down from 34.3GW last year. Minimum summer demand is expected to sit at 17GW, 600MW lower than in 2017. Bala...
17 04 2018
News article - 17 April 2018
The three Triad periods - the half-hours of highest system demand - for winter 2017/18 have been confirmed by National Grid. Maximum demand was recorded on December 11 (48.582GW), February 5 (47.099GW) and February 26 (47.123GW). February 26 represents the latest Triad period ever recorded and was due to the extreme cold weather seen. This winter was the first time since 2000 that all three periods of peak demand have been below 50GW. All three Triad periods fell on a Monday which is also the fi...
27 03 2018
News article - 27 March 2018
Clear guidance on the direction of UK Government policy is needed if gas is to continue to play its “crucial role for many decades to come”, according to a new report by National Grid. The grid operator highlighted gas’s role in making heating, industry and transport greener. But the report noted how the UK reliance on gas is at odds with ministers’ Clean Growth Strategy. Some 80% of homes in the UK currently use gas for heating, while gas was burned to generate 42% of the country’s electricity ...
20 03 2018
News article - 20 March 2018
The UK Government has been urged to review its winter planning after heavy snow raised fears over the security of gas supplies. National Grid last week issued its first gas deficit warning in eight years, saying it might not have enough gas to meet demand. An unplanned outage at South Hook liquified natural gas terminal and a reduction in supplies from Norway to the St Fergus terminal had prompted the warning to be issued. The warning was designed to stimulate further supplies being brought to t...
06 03 2018
News article - 6 March 2018
The first forward plan has been produced by National Grid’s Electricity System Operator (ESO) function, which is being carved out as a separate company from the transmission owner. A consultation has been launched on the plan, which lays out the ESO’s priorities for 2018-19. Changes are proposed in four main areas: ● flexibility – making it easier for balancing services to be offered to the ESO; ● network competition – considering greater use of distribution networks and battery storage rather t...
20 02 2018
News article - 20 February 2018