Public expectations about the cost and availability of gas and electricity have been upended by the global energy crunch following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON – For a few hours last week, British consumers were asked to make a choice: keep consuming power as normal or just turn the lights off.
In response, countries are trying to speed up deployment of renewable power capacity to better guarantee sources of energy and cut down on greenhouse gas emissions. The following day, the drop in demand customers was nearly equivalent to the city of Liverpool turning off the lights for an hour. It’s a little less than 1 per cent of total power generation during that period, but enough to make a difference to the slim margins on the grid.
The UK isn’t alone. This winter Ireland started a programme called “Beat the Peak” to try and get their customers to shift their energy use out of times of day when demand is highest.
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