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Clark

    Here’s Gridwatch – real time monitoring of where the UK is getting its electricity:

    https://gridwatch.templar.co.uk/

    Maximum capacities:

    30 GW CCGT = Combined Cycle Gas Turbine – modern and efficient.
    6.5 GW Nuclear.
    15 GW Wind.

    2.7 GW Pumped storage.
    1.2 GW Hydro.
    10 GW Solar.
    2.9 GW Biomass.
    4.0 GW Coal.
    0.8 GW OCGT = Open Cycle Gas Turbine – old and less efficient.

    ICT – bidirectional interconnectors:

    +/- 3 GW – France.
    +/- 1 GW – Netherlands.
    +/- 1 GW – Ireland.
    +/- 1 GW – “East-West ICT”.
    +/- 1 GW – “Nemo ICT”.

    Sometimes, wind-generated electricity is very plentiful. There is considerably more capacity than the 15 GW shown because private wind turbines are not metered, showing up instead as a reduction in demand.

    The wind is always blowing somewhere but there are only 7 GW of international transfer ICTs.