KatherinaReichelt@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoDon’t use electricity during solar eclipse, urges Britain’s biggest energy supplierwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up167
arrow-up167external-linkDon’t use electricity during solar eclipse, urges Britain’s biggest energy supplierwww.independent.co.ukKatherinaReichelt@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day ago1800 is usually during peak demand though.
minus-squareGsus4@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoBut residual solar production. https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/GB/live/fifteen_minutes it is ludicrous to ask people to save at peak demand when it is up to the grid managers to tweak the energy mixes ahead of time.
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoI don’t think ludicrous is the right word to describe voluntary load shedding. If it were mandatory, sure. Asking consumers to lower their usage (if they can) for one hour on one specific day is fairly reasonable.
1800 is usually during peak demand though.
But residual solar production. https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/GB/live/fifteen_minutes it is ludicrous to ask people to save at peak demand when it is up to the grid managers to tweak the energy mixes ahead of time.
I don’t think ludicrous is the right word to describe voluntary load shedding. If it were mandatory, sure. Asking consumers to lower their usage (if they can) for one hour on one specific day is fairly reasonable.