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[albitz]

I was amazed by how much electricity is imported from both france and the nederlands during peak periods, nearly a third of the UK's energy

Lol, is it buggery, the links dont have the capacity to deliver that much.

Many moons ago I did some work on the cross channel DC-DC link which runs under the channel from Sellindge in Kent to Les Mandarins near Calais.

There are two other links which are:

UK-Netherlands - 1.3 GW
UK-Northern Ireland - 500MW
Now the Northern Ireland one is almost always exporting power so cna be seen as a load on the UK system
So if you then look at the remaining max import of 2.8GW.

The Uk demand today (whcih will be lowish due to the weather) was 38GW so we are talking about 7% import.

In reality today, the power delivered by the two DC links was about 1.4GW so far from max and Ireland were supplying (rare) 250MW.

Northern Ireland is part of the U.K.

[kevinminton]

Steve Ogilvie describes himself as a Business Consultant. Is this better or worse than a scientist? Answers on a postcard please, to Andre Brisaer, c/o European Commission ...

[Marks DTM Calib]

I was amazed by how much electricity is imported from both france and the nederlands during peak periods, nearly a third of the UK's energy

Lol, is it buggery, the links dont have the capacity to deliver that much.

Many moons ago I did some work on the cross channel DC-DC link which runs under the channel from Sellindge in Kent to Les Mandarins near Calais.

There are two other links which are:

UK-Netherlands - 1.3 GW
UK-Northern Ireland - 500MW
Now the Northern Ireland one is almost always exporting power so cna be seen as a load on the UK system
So if you then look at the remaining max import of 2.8GW.

The Uk demand today (whcih will be lowish due to the weather) was 38GW so we are talking about 7% import.

In reality today, the power delivered by the two DC links was about 1.4GW so far from max and Ireland were supplying (rare) 250MW.

Northern Ireland is part of the U.K.

Not as far as power generation grids go its not. 

[johnnygo]

As the nations of the EU face critical issues of sovereign debt, the facless ones in Brussels are now busy concerning themselves with wicked.....

...vacuum cleaners. 

Yes, folks, the naughty people (IS THAT OK?  ) in Brussels want cleaners' power inputs to be cut by the year 2014 to 500 Watts (0.5kW) for upright cleaners and 750 Watts for canister cleaners and upright cleaners with integral hose and tools.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/7996383/Europe-to-cut-power-of-vacuum-cleaners-to-save-energy.html

Is there anyone who still believes that the EU is anything but a petty-minded, undemocratic bureaucacy? 

Well it is reassuring that they are finally looking into the reall issues that effect the public on a day to day basis! Good job Brussels!!

[albitz]

Then the grids are Great Britian rather than UK - or someone in the industry who gets to make decisions regarding naming things is very retarded.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Quite possibly.

You could only make Northern Ireland part of the 'grid' by having multiple interconnects to control power flow.

[Nickbat]

Isnt wind generation a joke, 3.4GW of capacity and we might be lucky to get 500MW today.......about the same as a single big generator at a coal/nuclear station (of which most have 4-6!)

http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2011/08/price-of-wind.html

Grrrrrrr!! 

[Kevin Wood]

Isnt wind generation a joke, 3.4GW of capacity and we might be lucky to get 500MW today.......about the same as a single big generator at a coal/nuclear station (of which most have 4-6!)

http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2011/08/price-of-wind.html

Grrrrrrr!! 

Still, on the bright side, unlike the wind farms in the highlands, Cornwall, etc. at least these won't be a blot on the landscape. In fact, could anything actually make Barrow-in-Furness any worse?