Drew57
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Current UK energy mix...Someone on the Octopus forum (not staff) suggested it was something to do with nuclear power being under-utilised (by choice), or something?
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Current UK energy mix...Someone on the Octopus forum (not staff) suggested it was something to do with nuclear power being under-utilised (by choice), or something?
Do we need to start lobbying Ireland to do their bit to ensure we get cheaper electricity?Current UK energy mix...
Someone on the Octopus forum (not staff) suggested it was something to do with nuclear power being under-utilised (by choice), or something?
Quite right - nuclear are having a mare, though some at the request of the grid.It certainly looks like nuclear aren't pulling their weight at the moment.
Tomorrows forecast prices seem to be a lot cheaper though.
For a simpleton like me, why would the grid desire nuclear plants to shutdown? Excess of energy?
Can't they just pay us to use it?
My understanding was there are a couple of Nuclear reactors offline at the moment. With some uncertainty on at least one on whether it's cost effective to bring back online after it's summer shutdown.There is a limit to how low the output of a nuclear plant can go, and they can't change their output quickly, hence a need to always have some gas plants running.