Thanks to Andy Black for the tipoff to the MyGridGB twitter feed. Follow it, and every 4 hours it will tell you what the demand for energy is in the UK, and how it is being produced. Here's one from 2pm today, for example… showing a good chunk of solar power, but not that much wind, and gas still the main source of energy… Watch it fluctuate as the weather and time changes...
GB electricity: wind 0.9% coal 7.8% nuclear 19.5% gas 38.5% hydro 0.2% import 8.0% solar 19.2% biomass 4.6% storage 1.3% Demand 37GW— My Grid GB (@myGridGB) June 6, 2016
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