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From The Daily Sceptic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Will Jones<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solar panels are overheating amid soaring temperatures, leading to gas power stations across the UK being ordered to fire up production to make up the shortfall. The Telegraph<\/em> has the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The National Energy System Operator (Neso) issued a rare summer power supply warning overnight as the country braces for temperatures near 40\u00b0C on Wednesday and Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gas plants have been urged to ramp up output to deal with high levels of demand expected on Wednesday night as homes and offices turn up the air conditioning to endure the heatwave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The notice comes as soaring temperatures make Britain\u2019s solar farms less efficient, putting further strain on the power grid. Solar panel efficiency<\/a> typically drops by 0.3% to 0.5% for every degree that a panel\u2019s temperature rises above 25\u00b0C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noemie Baud, from energy consultancy Montel, said: \u201cHigher demand for air conditioning and cooling systems is contributing to the increase [in power demand], while lower outputs from solar and gas generation means more conventional generation is required to meet demand, pushing up prices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data from the UK\u2019s grid network showed gas generation jumped from around eight gigawatts at 12pm on Tuesday, to more than 17 gigawatts overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than half of Britain\u2019s power needs were being supplied by gas on Wednesday morning, with wind generating around 12% and solar less than 10%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur forecasts are showing tight margins on the electricity system for tomorrow evening,\u201d Neso said on Tuesday night. \u201cThis is due to the impact of extremely high temperatures affecting Great Britain and the Continent and low wind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Britain was facing a 1.9 gigawatt shortfall in its \u201cmargin\u201d for Wednesday night \u2013 the buffer between available power generation and total consumer demand \u2013 according to an alert at 9pm on Tuesday from Elexon, the company that manages the electricity trades that keep Britain\u2019s lights on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The alert signals to Britain\u2019s gas power plants and other suppliers to start generating more energy to meet the expected demand and is not a sign that blackouts are imminent.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Worth reading in full<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Solar panels are overheating amid soaring temperatures, leading to gas power stations across the UK being ordered to fire up production to make up the shortfall.<\/p>\n

Grid operator \u2018begged\u2019 Brussels to lift import limits after solar panels struggle in soaring heat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":452113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818618,691830864,691821240,691830946,691818154,691827281,691819094,691818267],"class_list":["post-452109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-energy-transition","tag-gas-power","tag-heatwave","tag-national-energy-system-operator-neso","tag-net-zero","tag-power-shortages","tag-renewable-green-energy","tag-solar-power","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1TC5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":263636,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=263636","url_meta":{"origin":452109,"position":0},"title":"Coal To The Rescue In Britain As Solar Panels Also Work Too Poorly In The Summertime","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"06\/24\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Those who refuse to learn by reading will end up learning by feeling. 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