So we are really paying for the capacity. We already take a certain amount of power from France via the 2GW interconnect - they run the nuclear stations near capacity and flog the surplus, no doubt at a significantly lower price than agreed for the new station. The marginal cost of producing nuclear electricity is very low.
Right now, just before 5pm, the UK load is 40GW. Guess how the biggest share of that is being generated? Yup, coal.
Coal 13.5GW / 34%
CCGT 12.6GW / 32%
UK Nuclear 6.2GW / 15%
Wind 3.5GW / 9%
Imported from France - 1.3GW / 3%
Imported from Holland - 1GW / 3%
Biomass - 1.1GW / 3%
Hydro - 1GW / 2%
Last edited by: Manatee on Thu 9 Oct 14 at 16:55
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