The Future of Power Generation in Great Britain

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Evanivitch said:

Look how insignificant wind has been

https://mobile.twitter.com/NationalGridESO?ref_src...

Key word "Yesterday"

Missing word "everyday".

[XM5ER]

Evanivitch said:

A Nuclear reactor isn't available everyday either. Does that make it useless?

LOL Wut?

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Evanivitch said:

Why am I unsurprised this is news to you

So the Power Gen type that has been used for base load since the 1960s is suddenly an intermittent source? Explain.

Oh, and in answer to your question "because you're a ?"

Edited by XM5ER on Thursday 10th November 13:44

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Evanivitch said:

XM5ER said:

Evanivitch said:

Why am I unsurprised this is news to you

So the Power Gen type that has been used for base load since the 1960s is suddenly an intermittent source? Explain.

Nuclear reactors are not available "everyday". They have maintainence periods, refuelling periods, unplanned downtime. They generally run near their plated MWe output, but capacity factor often starts at 95% and runs down to 85% through life. EDF have a handy website for showing latest status of online, planned and unplanned downtime of reactors.

On shore wind capacity factors are typically 25-40%. Off shore has been upwards of 35% and now in excess of 50% with latest locations and size of turbines.

Perhaps of you didn't storm in here like a tsunami of deliberate ignorance and outdated memes you might have got a bit more slack.

Pwned(?).

More fking Lolz

You actually think that planned maintenance and refuelling compares to the wind not blowing from one day to the next.

Thanks, that me pwned ('cos its 2005 again).

Jesus wept.