On the mid day news they clarified that domestic gas supply would not be affected but industrial supplies were the first to be affected with heavy users being asked to scale back demand/use.
South Hook terminal in Milford Haven has capacity to inport 30% of uk needs via a cross country pipeline.
Current supplies from Norway and others are slightly down due to problems of various kinds.
Coal is imported.
Wind inconsistent ( behave yourselves)
Nuclear suffering political delays.
I have never been comfortable with high import reliance. I remember the effects of the coal strikes causing a 3 day working week etc.
So....scale up nuclear?
Reopen coal mining?
Use wind as a topping up?
Dinorwig in N Wales offers a quick top up at high demand but the water only runs for a short time.
I find the whole national energy management strategy confusing and not joined up. Yes we are making slow strides to energy efficiency in the end user part but back away from critical decisions on generating power due to for example, eco lobbying, safety fears etc.
I wonder where we will end up?
