KatherinaReichelt@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 天前Don’t use electricity during solar eclipse, urges Britain’s biggest energy supplierwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down118
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkDon’t use electricity during solar eclipse, urges Britain’s biggest energy supplierwww.independent.co.ukKatherinaReichelt@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 天前message-square33linkfedilink
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 天前1800 is usually during peak demand though.
minus-squareGsus4@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 天前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.
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 天前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.
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.