Britain’s power grid has repeatedly fallen below its targeted frequency level this year, raising fears that it is struggling to cope with intermittent energy supplies. It comes amid rising international energy costs and a recent drop in wind power due to particularly still weather. Earlier this week the UK was forced to bring a coal-fired power plant…
The recently powered-up IFA-2 is the product of a £700 million shared investment between the National Grid and the French power firm Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE). IFA-2 physically connects the UK and France’s electricity systems, giving Britain access to France’s nuclear and renewable energy and vice versa. With a 1 gigawatt (GW) capacity and as the UK’s sixth operational…
• Nameplate capacity set to increase by 18.2GW over the coming decade • De-rated capacity is expected to begin declining in 2023 • Gap to be plugged by expansion of interconnector capacity LONDON (ICIS)–Ambitious renewable capacity targets underpin the UK’s goal to net zero carbon emissions, which is expected to drive the growth of renewable…