By Paul Homewood
Meanwhile, let’s all switch on our washing machines tomorrow night!
Britain’s biggest energy supplier is urging people to avoiding using electricity during this week’s solar eclipse.
Octopus Energy is asking customers to delay using washing machines, dishwashers and other plug-in devices between 6pm and 8pm on Wednesday, when the Moon is expected to block up to 95pc of sunlight.
The eclipse will send solar generation plunging just as electricity demand begins to rise as millions of people return home from work.
The slump could knock out as much as 1.3 gigawatts (GW) of supply, according to the National Energy System Operator (Neso), which runs Britain’s electricity grid. That is enough electricity to power roughly half a million homes.
Gas-fired power stations will have to be turned on to make up some of the shortfall, alongside other sources of electricity.
While there is no suggesting that the eclipse could trigger outages, Octopus said it was encouraging people to use less energy to negate the need for gas power and so lessen carbon emissions.
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Here’s a tip, Olly!
Nobody gives a toss about carbon emissions. What we want is a grid that can supply power as and when we need it.
It’s really quite simple.
