Kev wrote:

Mizter T wrote:
"Businesses and residents in London's West End are facing the threat of
a second day of power cuts as engineers work to fix faults in the
system.

On Thursday more than 3,000 people were without electricity as four
faults and a high-demand for air conditioning put extra pressure on the
grid.

Power was cut off in different parts of Soho for four hours at a time."

Mo
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/5222996.stm


I presume this 'second day' of power cuts is a follow up to last
saturday's problems.

Just wait until all the nukes are shut down and we are dependent on 50%
of our power coming from windmills.

Kevin

The problems were seemingly caused by local substation faults, possibly
partly as a result of the heavy load on the local network (in part the
extra demand related to air-con). There was not a problem of a lack of
electricity generating capacity yesterday, so your comment above is not
relevant whatsoever to these specific problems.

I understand there are basically two interlinked problems. The local
distribution network is old and somewhat frail, and in need of renewal
- there are also repeated suggestions that it is not maintained to a
high enough standard. Additionally the demand for electricity is
significantly higher now than it has been in the past, which places an
extra strain on the frail local network.

And renewable energy is about much more than just windmills.