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The UK has a massive reliance on Gas, I think last time I did some numbers when I read the energy storage whitepaper (I dunno, 2010?). Take the current UK energ
by Already__Taken 7y ago
The UK has a massive reliance on Gas, I think last time I did some numbers when I read the energy storage whitepaper (I dunno, 2010?). Take the current UK energy consumption and quadruple it, that's how much gas we're importing for cooking and heating.
I mention this because I think any talk of efficiency saving is missing the point. If you improved efficiency by 100%, we're halfway there.
Don't forget to replace Gas.
- swarnie_ 7y agoLive data can be found here: http://grid.iamkate.com/ http://grid.iamkate.com/ Currently 31% Gas, 33% renewables including wind. It should be mentioned the weather here is grim right now so weekly/monthly/yearly averages are worse.
- Already__Taken 7y agoSweet page thanks. That's not enough numbers however. 31% Gas is generated for electricity. > The data covers the UK cold weather event on the 1st March, providing insights into the scale of hourly energy flows through both networks. A peak hourly local gas demand of 214 GW occurred at 6pm on the 1st of March, which compared to peak electrical supply of 53 GW occurring at the same time. http://www.ukerc.ac.uk/publications/local-gas-demand-vs-electricity-supply.html http://www.ukerc.ac.uk/publications/local-gas-demand-vs-elec... 214GW(!) that's another 3 more UK national grids in capacity to build.