So how do you to become familiar with the UK's electricity grid? You need some data, and luckily there are some brilliant websites out there that can show you what the grid is doing all day every day.
Gridwatch also has a similar webpage for the French Grid that is equally informative, mostly because the French grid is so different to ours and it can tell you a lot. Gridwatch GB's best feature by far however is that it has archived all the data since 2011, providing a valuable resource for data analysts, professional and students alike. I know I will be using this resource for a future blog post but sadly, this treasure trove of data and the website itself is under threat as the website owner struggles with financing. I urge those that can donate to do so.
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Here you will find my thoughts on my work, my energy saving projects at home, or just commentary on changes happening to technology or the UK electricity and gas grids.
Usually energy and energy grids are discussed negatively; we need to save energy, reduce energy use, make energy more expensive or avoid calamity brought about by climate change. Hardly anyone has anything positive to say about energy and this makes it hard for people to become motivated to get behind changes to our energy systems. So here we want to talk about changes to energy and our energy ecology in a positive way, because the fact is that the changes we are seeing to energy and energy technology are radical and clever, and once you see that, you too will feel positive about energy. |
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