National Grid last night sent out an urgent call for more power stations to fire up to keep Britain’s lights on today after plant outages and low wind farm output increased the risk of blackouts.
The electricity system operator issued an “margin notice”, its most serious security of supply alert in four years, warning of a supply crunch between 4:30pm and 6:30pm today.
It forecast a shortfall of 740 megawatts, or 1.5 per cent, compared with the power plant capacity it wants to have available to meet demand and to provide back up in case plants break down. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/blackouts-fear-forces-power-alarm-at-national-grid-cr7fjr5xb?fbclid=IwAR2VIUcCboaPyiAas6xUnJQfBKCtYGcRjwPGIrMvnWHqMlrMKIAtragJ51o
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