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There's a similar facility at Dinorwig in Wales. It's important not only to handle the load of all the kettles being switched on at half-time (what they refer t
by nickt 5y ago
There's a similar facility at Dinorwig in Wales. It's important not only to handle the load of all the kettles being switched on at half-time (what they refer to as "TV pickup", an almost 3GW increase in demand), but it's also a "black start" site.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinorwig_Power_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinorwig_Power_Station
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_start https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_start
- jodrellblank 5y agoIt used to be, but not anymore, according to a Tom Scott video and interview with people working there. The National Grid used to look at the TV listings and put Dinorwig on standby for busy times, but there's so many TV channels and streaming options now that there isn't so much of a coordinated sharp spike of the whole country doing something at the same time. Its main use now is in balancing calm moments of solar and wind power generation, apparently. Source: - https://youtu.be/6Jx_bJgIFhI?t=210 https://youtu.be/6Jx_bJgIFhI?t=210