Category Archives: renewables

Something Fishy in the air?

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Clive Best

I have noticed that wind power delivered to the Grid is always less than 6 GW, no matter how windy it gets. This was clearly demonstrated  on October 21st when wind speeds across the country reached around 50 mph for most of the … Continue reading →

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Wind power results – 2013/14

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Clive Best

I have been monitoring the UK peak power demand every day for the last 12 months, and how that power was delivered. The UK government has invested about £50 billion into Wind energy since 2005,  so how has it performed? The average Wind component of UK … Continue reading →

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Live Interface monitoring Wind Power output

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Clive Best

I wanted a very  simple live grid  monitor similar to  gridwatch but less complex.  There is also a standalone version,  plus a 24 hour updating graph of the last 24 hours, and a 30 day running monitor. Update 8/5/14: I have now added together Hydro,Pumped Storage and Biomass to … Continue reading →

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