Octopus Agile

Netexporter

I blame the footbore.

Probably the lack of nukes from France, owing to cooling water being too warm, isn't helping.

KevinG

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82045348#Comment_82045348

Well this is tomorrow, not today when the England match is at 9pm.

Netexporter

I blame footbore for everything.

t0rt0ise

Plus the fact that several solar parks in the south-west, including the one I have invested in, have been ordered to shut down.. probably until September!

TheSavvy1

Forecasts indicate prices will be nearer to 'normal' levels from Thursday and lower over the weekend. Monday isn't looking too promising with prices during the peak and evening likely to be similar to todays highs.

Spoonie_Turtle

It dawned on me that one factor for the widely high evening prices: with the night temperatures not really dipping like they normally would, fridges and freezers on an industrial scale and air conditioning in places like hospitals working much harder would be a higher demand than usual - and unable to be met by solar (obviously) and other renewables that are down (e.g. some wind farms) or reduced in generation capacity by the heat.

Along with people trying to cool their houses down enough to be able to sleep because of the not dropping temperatures.

I'm aware that's probably a very simplistic thought process but it made a bit of sense of the prices for me anyway.

QrizB

It dawned on me that one factor for the widely high evening prices

I'm sure the increased demand for refrigeration isn't helping things, and you've highlighted the problems that gas, nuclear and solar are having with the high temperatures. There's also not a huge amount of wind at the moment, and even a small contribution from electrical cables having a slightly higher resistance (and slightly higher losses) when they're warmer.

I've posted another snippet about this evening's high prices over on the "News" thread.

Netexporter

There's very little wind because we are under an area of high pressure. But yes, it is a perfect not-storm of circumstances.

If only somebody had thought to provide grid connections for lots of battery storage (admittedly nobody could see the rock-bottom price of them coming, except Tony Seba).

KevinG

I think the effect of high temperatures on solar generation is being widely overstated. My generation suffers a bit, no more than 5% at 35 degrees compared to 25, but it's no big deal.

debitcardmayhem

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82047213#Comment_82047213

I would say my generation has dropped off by closer to 10% this week