{"id":452898,"date":"2026-06-29T07:28:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=452898"},"modified":"2026-06-29T07:28:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:28:46","slug":"london-heat-adaption-event-cancelled-by-a-heatwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=452898","title":{"rendered":"London Heat Adaption Event Cancelled by a Heatwave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by<\/strong> Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apparently the adaption event venue needed more adaption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heat adaptation event cancelled as heatwave grips<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

James W Kelly London<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An event due to be held in central London about how the world can adapt to extreme heat has been cancelled due to soaring temperatures.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Wednesday\u2019s meeting \u2013 titled Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world \u2013 was to have been held at the London School of Economics\u2019 Shaw Library as part of London Climate Action Week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organisers said the university\u2019s building did not have any cooling mechanisms in place \u201clike most buildings in London\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The soaring temperatures have led to hundreds of school closures, or partial closures, across London and southern England. 

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c3vyz6w5z0zo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Britain\u2019s renewable heavy grid is struggling to keep up with demand from people switching on fans and air conditioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Great Britain\u2019s grid operator pays \u00a310m for extra power to avoid supply crunch tonight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neso expected to pay millions to secure enough electricity to meet demand as households turn on fans and air conditioning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joanna Partridge<\/a> Jillian Ambrose<\/a>
Thu 25 Jun 2026 01.33 AEST First published on Wed 24 Jun 2026 18.23 AEST<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great Britain\u2019s grid operator is expected to pay millions to fire up gas power plants to avoid a rare summer power supply crunch on Wednesday evening as extreme heat<\/a> puts pressure on the energy system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Energy System Operator (Neso) is expected to pay about \u00a310m on Wednesday to secure enough electricity to meet demand as households turn on air conditioners and electric fans, according to industry data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The system operator will pay more than four times the usual daily average to secure enough supplies to balance the power system after it issued a notice late on Tuesday asking generators to provide any extra electricity to help meet rising demand due to the impact of the heatwave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Neso spokesperson said: \u201cThis is due to the impact of extremely high temperatures<\/strong> affecting Great Britain and the continent, and low wind.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/jun\/24\/heatwave-great-britain-grid-operator-extra-electricity-power-plants<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Apparently the solar panels fared a little better than the wind turbines. While the efficiency of solar panels drops substantially in warm weather<\/a>, this was likely counterbalanced by sunshine actually striking the panels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be fair dispatchable power plants are also struggling with cooling. But the difference between dispatchable plants and renewables is dispatchable plants caught short by overheating can be fixed by adding a higher capacity cooling system. Renewable systems not so much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

King Charles takes the prize for the best solution to coping with the heatwave. While King Charles braved the heat, some poor sod apparently had the job of running around after him with a fan<\/a>, to keep his royal highness comfortable. I tried suggesting to my wife she could do this for me in warm weather, I\u2019m hoping the bruises heal by the end of the week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An event focused on adapting to extreme heat, part of London Climate Action Week, was cancelled due to a heatwave in late June 2026.<\/p>\n

Britain has seen increasing heatwaves in recent years, and many structures lack modern cooling infrastructure. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":452906,"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":[691829913,691818514,691843855,691830946,691818728],"class_list":["post-452898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-energy-industry","tag-extreme-weather","tag-london-climate-action-week","tag-national-energy-system-operator-neso","tag-wind-and-solar","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1TOO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":260696,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=260696","url_meta":{"origin":452898,"position":0},"title":"England Needs A National Strategy For Sunny\u00a0Weather!","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"06\/04\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I can\u2019t say as I remember our economy and public services collapsing last summer! 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