Energy news in general

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GingerTim said:

"The government does not expect the UK to experience power cuts this winter, or the need for energy rationing, a No 10 spokesperson has said." (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/may/30/conservatives-denial-party-difficulties-tobias-ellwood-boris-johnson-partygate-uk-politics-latest?page=with:block-6294abf78f08e69c5bd592c6#block-6294abf78f08e69c5bd592c6)

Stock up on candles, folks!

I saw an old man buying a job lot of tealight candles in Poundland last week.

Getting prepared? 🤔

I hope he's careful with them.

QrizB

Uxb1 said:

... a rather lengthly and expensive crash maintenance schedule being applied which will almost certainly require the plant to be shut down for a period.

They are mostly idle at the moment (no coal burned for 25 days and counting) so this could be the perfect time for a last-minute life extension PPM programme.

The_Green_Hornet

markin said:

Blackout fears over Russia standoff: Six million homes 'could face power rationing' under Government's 'reasonable worst case' scenario - as ministers scramble to keep old coal plants open 

A worst case scenario is just that a worst case scenario yet the media will push it as being the most likely scenario just to scare the uninformed.

markin

The_Green_Hornet said:

markin said:

Blackout fears over Russia standoff: Six million homes 'could face power rationing' under Government's 'reasonable worst case' scenario - as ministers scramble to keep old coal plants open 

A worst case scenario is just that a worst case scenario yet the media will push it as being the most likely scenario just to scare the uninformed.

Would have been far less likely if we had paid to keep more coal mothballed rather than blown up, one of the 3 plants was due to be closed in September, hopefully they haven't got a head start on dismantling it.

Ultrasonic

markin said:

The_Green_Hornet said:

markin said:

Blackout fears over Russia standoff: Six million homes 'could face power rationing' under Government's 'reasonable worst case' scenario - as ministers scramble to keep old coal plants open 

A worst case scenario is just that a worst case scenario yet the media will push it as being the most likely scenario just to scare the uninformed.

Would have been far less likely if we had paid to keep more coal mothballed rather than blown up, one of the 3 plants was due to be closed in September, hopefully they haven't got a head start on dismantling it.

I would rather see electricity use rationed than coal mines or coal power stations reopened.

fryedslyce

Ultrasonic said:

I would rather see electricity use rationed than coal mines or coal power stations reopened.

I'm OK with that, just so long as the ones who get their electricity rationed are all the climate emergency doomster cultist. The rest of us can carry on as normal.

Flight3287462

Ultrasonic said:

markin said:

The_Green_Hornet said:

markin said:

Blackout fears over Russia standoff: Six million homes 'could face power rationing' under Government's 'reasonable worst case' scenario - as ministers scramble to keep old coal plants open 

A worst case scenario is just that a worst case scenario yet the media will push it as being the most likely scenario just to scare the uninformed.

Would have been far less likely if we had paid to keep more coal mothballed rather than blown up, one of the 3 plants was due to be closed in September, hopefully they haven't got a head start on dismantling it.

I would rather see electricity use rationed than coal mines or coal power stations reopened.

Why would you rather that?  Who are you going to cut off first?

Alnat1

I'd prefer if everyone with a hot tub got rationed 

Flight3287462

Netherlands and Denmark are going to be cut off from Russian gas tomorrow.  That will make things interesting.

QrizB

Flight3287462 said:

Netherlands and Denmark are going to be cut off from Russian gas tomorrow.  That will make things interesting.

Just needs more LNG deliveries to the UK so we can send it to Europe as gas and electricity. (And a side effect will be to keep UK gas prices low, like happened in the middle of this month.)