After Drax’s £2 billion carbon capture biomass project was rejected for Track-1 status by Energy Secretary Grant Shapps, the owner of the UK’s largest power station is urgently seeking a
Tonight, as the cold snap raises the risk of blackouts, emergency coal plants are being fired up
Amid a cold snap sweeping Britain, power plants in the country have been directed to generate more electricity and emergency coal generators have been activated as a precautionary measure against
Breaking: Union threatens blackouts as strikes hit UK biggest power plant
Drax insists that Britain will not be affected by power cuts when workers at its Yorkshire plants strike over pay.
Lack of storage means that wind power is lost for 1.2 million homes in the UK.
New research shows that there was not enough wind power in winter to supply 1.2 million homes per day. This is because there isn’t enough energy storage capacity to store
National Grid has asked two coal-fired power plants to warm up
Uniper’s Ratcliffe on-Soar unit was asked by the Grid’s electricity system operator ESO to prepare for Tuesday’s use.
National Grid asks coal plants to warm up in case they are needed
In light of continued cold weather in the UK, the National Grid asked coal factories for warmth.
UK’s National Grid says back-up coal plants stood down for Monday
The National Grid of Britain has cancelled plans to start coal plants Monday night. It had previously asked operators to prepare for high demand on Sunday.
National Grid is ready to pay customers to reduce energy use in cold weather
Under plans drawn up by National Grid, households will be paid to reduce their electricity usage for the first time Monday between 5 pm-6 pm.
National Grid puts coal plants on standby due to cold snap
National Grid asked coal-fired power stations to ensure that they are ready to supply power Monday. Temperatures are expected to hover at zero and winds forecasts are low.
Households will pay £500 less than feared on their energy bills in the second half of this year
After the war in Ukraine, gas prices fell to their lowest level since before then.
As gas prices rise, coal prices hit an all-time high.
As the war in Ukraine surges in Europe and China, global coal consumption will reach an all-time high.