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Last Look: Marc Height looks at the UK’s rapidly evolving electricity grid
The Royal Wedding resulted in a ‘pick-up’ (surge in demand) of around 1.5 GW, as viewers tuned in, boiled kettles and opened fridges – as the National Grid Control Room’s Twitter account helpfully informed me while I was reading around for this column...
Article details
Journal title: Energy World
Publisher: Energy Institute
Subjects: Electricity distribution, Energy consumption, Peak demand
