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Denzil_DC

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9. Here's a real-time readout of the UK national electricity grid

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Tue Oct 4, 2016, 06:13 PM

Oct 2016

showing how much different energy sources are contributing:

http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/

Hover your mouse over the dials for explanations. Reload the page for updated readouts.

It doesn't include solar PV yet because it's not metered centrally, but says its impact shows up as "a mid-day dip in overall demand".

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