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adam2 · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 6:50 pm Post subject:

ANOTHER new record, indicated wind power 8.16GW at present Smile

Think of the amount of gas not burnt and therefore still in store for future needs.
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adam2 · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:55 pm Post subject:

Last night another new record was set, indicated wind power reached 8.19GW, fairly briefly and remained at over 8GW for many hours.

At one point wind power exceeded natural gas, which may be a first.
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PS_RalphW · Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 5460 Location: Cambridge

This site is reporting over 9Gw wind at the moment, but I think this includes an estimate of unmetered turbines.

http://clivebest.com/rgraph/Wind.html

Interesting that this makes wind the largest single source of power, bigger than nuclear, and more than twice gas. Strangely, they are currently running coal.

I suspect this is a record low for gas consumption, with the exception of Christmas day.

adam2 · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 6:22 pm Post subject:

Indicated power from wind is at present 8.02GW, which whilst not an all time record, may be a record for this time of year.
Despite a good performance from nuclear at 7.96GW, wind is still exceeding nuclear.
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adam2 · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:09 pm Post subject:

Looks like another new all time record Smile

Indicated electricity from wind is now at 8.21GW, previous record was 8.19 AFAIK.

The actual figure will be significantly higher since the indicated power only includes large wind farms that are metered in real time. The output of smaller wind turbines simply shows up as a reduction in indicated demand.
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adam2 · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2017 6:51 pm Post subject:

ANOTHER all time record Very Happy

indicated power from wind reached 8.9GW an hour or so ago, a substantial gain on the last record of 8.2 GW.
About 8.6 at present.

The actual figure is higher than that indicated due to small wind turbines that are not metered in real time.

Edit to add at about 22-00, wind is greater nuclear or CCGT.
Wind is still well over 8 and nuclear or gas are each well below 8.
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emordnilap · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 10:09 am Post subject:

emordnilap · Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:31 pm Post subject:

Anyone know roughly how many full-size wind turbines are available to the grid at the moment (i.e. commercial wind farms)?
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PS_RalphW · Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 5460 Location: Cambridge

Overnight on first October carbon intensity UK electricity fell below 100g co2 /kWh when wind was about 9gw and gas about 2.5gw and coal zero. In a year or two we may hit zero fossil fuel nights as more wind comes on line.

RenewableCandy · Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 12654 Location: York

Meanwhile, the new floating wind farm fires up!

https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/technology/worlds-first-floating-offshore-wind-farm-opens-off-scotland/

emordnilap · Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:19 am Post subject:

adam2 · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 6:53 pm Post subject:

Indicated power from wind is now 9.62GW, which I strongly suspect to be a new all time record.

Winter evening peak demand being met with no use of OCGT plant and only about 60% of the CCGT capacity running. And exporting to France.
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Blue Peter · Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 1936 Location: Milton Keynes

Currently, http://www.mygridgb.co.uk/ has wind as 11.GW,

Peter.
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adam2 · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2017 10:43 am Post subject: Re: New record?

PS_RalphW · Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 5460 Location: Cambridge

I would expect small unmetered wind to have just about stalled, as of 2017, as it is almost impossible politically and without subsidy uneconomic to install more, when offshore wind has ever increasing economies of scale.