1 station and I think 1 offshore wind farm disconnectedThought two stations went down at once and that caused it? Apparently it’s not uncommon for one station to go down but there’s back up for that but with two down at once there wasn’t the backup.
I read 2 stations & 1 wind farm1 station and I think 1 offshore wind farm disconnected
One station + the wind farm went offline. Plus, one of the big stations was running at reduced capacity and couldn't ramp up.I read 2 stations & 1 wind farm
I think 1 gas fired and one windI read 2 stations & 1 wind farm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49309691. The outage happened after problems at two power stations - the gas-fired station at Little Barford in Bedfordshire at 16:58 BST and then at Hornsea offshore wind farm two minutes later
Re brexit - they have to test it sooner or later, it would be remiss not to.The fact it's happening in the summer tells you that basically it's about online capacity and the contingency they're using (rather than overall capacity). They just didn't have the ability to switch when they lost two stations. It sounds more like a planning/algorithm failure than a hack.
That said, I've heard plenty of conspiracy speculation of course. My favourite is that it's a Brexit - what if France pulls the plug - test. Which is an interesting problem of course.
They do need to check. The conspiracy element is around whether they would admit it, if they did run such an experiment.Re brexit - they have to test it sooner or later, it would be remiss not to.
They will never admit to it as they’d be open to legal challenges for missed business etc. my father in law was a London fireman in the 60s, 70s and 80s and says that they used to run scenarios on different things all the time. Joe public would just think it’s system failuresThey do need to check. The conspiracy element is around whether they would admit it, if they did run such an experiment.
I believe The Sun are demanding the resignation of the CEO this morning.Oh come on. You have one of the most reliable grids in the world. In summer We get power cuts once every 2 months
If we ask the resignation of our CEO for every power cut then Europe (not just Malta) would run out of people to appoint for the roleI believe The Sun are demanding the resignation of the CEO this morning.
How do the railways deal with a stranded train where that tracks are electrified and the train is electric only, not dual? I presume a diesel train must rescue it?I haven't read in detail what happened but for the railway I design the power system to be unaffected by a single failure at a time. For two failures the system runs under reduced services. Some London terminal stations are designed for two failures at a time.
With the little exposure I have had of National Grid, they seem the same. This is how the system is designed. The likelihood of two faults occuring at the same time is fairly low, that is why we rarely have outages.
Yup, those events then cause delays throughout the day.How do the railways deal with a stranded train where that tracks are electrified and the train is electric only, not dual? I presume a diesel train must rescue it?
