Falling out of love with OVO

[Gomev]

Erm - as there's no solar at night (assuming it's light enough during the day to get any) without gluts of useable wind, the consumption ergo production of electricity at night has greatest potential to be "the dirtiest"?

Potential, you summed it up, potential. It is not the dirtiest generation, but it has the potential to be.
Add in much lower demand overnight even with no wind or obviously solar, which itself contributes just above bugger all even during the day, the total generation overnight using gas etc. is less than during the day.

 

[AK OK]

Potential, you summed it up, potential. It is not the dirtiest generation, but it has the potential to be.
Add in much lower demand overnight even with no wind or obviously solar, which itself contributes just above bugger all even during the day, the total generation overnight using gas etc. is less than during the day.

Total generation is not really the point though is it?

 

[Gomev]

Total generation is not really the point though is it?

Overnight wind, and it does still blow offshore, with less overall demand (total generation) can make the renewable percentage higher, so therefore making it cleaner.

 

[AK OK]

Overnight wind, and it does still blow offshore, with less overall demand (total generation) can make the renewable percentage higher, so therefore making it cleaner.

Does "can" = "potentially"

 

[Lguk]

Poorly worded post on my behalf.

The point I was trying to make, was we should be load shifting to when our power mix is the greenest, not to a specific time of day that usage is lower.

If you look at the historical stats, 1am to 4am has typically had the lowest input of renewable sources, that is of course improving as wind generation comes online. And obviously solar is dependent on the time of day.