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This is awesome, thanks. Is it actually up to date and accurate? I wonder if wind player a major role somewhere where they really have a lot of turbines. Like

by cfontes 12y ago

This is awesome, thanks. Is it actually up to date and accurate? I wonder if wind player a major role somewhere where they really have a lot of turbines. Like Netherlands or Germany perhaps. Would be really interesting to be able to compare different countries with the same sort of data.

ElliotH 12y ago
It seems to change when you refresh (about every 5 minutes) and uses a reliable looking data source.
Arnt 12y ago
FWIW, wind power occasionally peaks above 80% of total electricity usage in Denmark. Long-term average is 25-30% and rising IIRC.
- wcoenen 12y ago
  It's important to note that wind power in Denmark only works at that scale because they can export it to Norway and Sweden. Those neighbors can absorb variable power output while load balancing their grid with hydroelectric dams. Hydroelectric is currently the only economical "grid-scale battery", and it is not available everywhere. http://www.theoildrum.com/node/1735 http://www.theoildrum.com/node/1735
keithpeter 12y ago
"Would be really interesting to be able to compare different countries with the same sort of data." Wondering about history and raw data sets. Excellent looking site for getting students interested in stuff like power generation
diarmuidie 12y ago
You can see Ireland's real time wind generation here: http://www.eirgrid.com/operations/systemperformancedata/windgeneration/ http://www.eirgrid.com/operations/systemperformancedata/wind... and total demand is here: http://www.eirgrid.com/operations/systemperformancedata/systemdemand/ http://www.eirgrid.com/operations/systemperformancedata/syst...
nnain 12y ago
Yes it is up to date. The info/about section is a great read -- he talks about the reason he created this site, the source of the data and also explains the software stack: http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/about.html http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/about.html
Bob_Sheep 12y ago
There is more data available here: http://www.bmreports.com/ http://www.bmreports.com/ http://www.bmreports.com/bsp/additional/soapserver.php http://www.bmreports.com/bsp/additional/soapserver.php Its pretty much real time data that can be used for trading on the electricity market.

by cfontes 12y ago

ElliotH 12y ago

It seems to change when you refresh (about every 5 minutes) and uses a reliable looking data source.

Arnt 12y ago

FWIW, wind power occasionally peaks above 80% of total electricity usage in Denmark. Long-term average is 25-30% and rising IIRC.

wcoenen 12y ago
It's important to note that wind power in Denmark only works at that scale because they can export it to Norway and Sweden. Those neighbors can absorb variable power output while load balancing their grid with hydroelectric dams. Hydroelectric is currently the only economical "grid-scale battery", and it is not available everywhere. http://www.theoildrum.com/node/1735 http://www.theoildrum.com/node/1735

keithpeter 12y ago

"Would be really interesting to be able to compare different countries with the same sort of data." Wondering about history and raw data sets. Excellent looking site for getting students interested in stuff like power generation

diarmuidie 12y ago

You can see Ireland's real time wind generation here: http://www.eirgrid.com/operations/systemperformancedata/windgeneration/ http://www.eirgrid.com/operations/systemperformancedata/wind... and total demand is here: http://www.eirgrid.com/operations/systemperformancedata/systemdemand/ http://www.eirgrid.com/operations/systemperformancedata/syst...

nnain 12y ago

Yes it is up to date. The info/about section is a great read -- he talks about the reason he created this site, the source of the data and also explains the software stack: http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/about.html http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/about.html

Bob_Sheep 12y ago

There is more data available here: http://www.bmreports.com/ http://www.bmreports.com/ http://www.bmreports.com/bsp/additional/soapserver.php http://www.bmreports.com/bsp/additional/soapserver.php Its pretty much real time data that can be used for trading on the electricity market.