Monday 22 August 2016

Power system comfortable – DMR

The UK power system is expected to be comfortable today, according to npower’s daily market report.

The peak margin is forecast at 13GW.

Gas-fired generation is at 15GW providing, 48% of the energy mix.

Wind is generating 3GW, contributing 10% of the stack and the French and Dutch interconnectors are importing at their near capacity levels of 2GW and 1GW respectively.

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On the gas system, the linepack is forecast to close 7mcm long.

Alex Guiot from the Optimisation Desk said: “St Fergus is currently flowing at 33mcm. There is one LNG tanker due into Milford Haven on Thursday this week and Langeled flows are gradually increasing flowing a few outages last week.”

Brent oil is trading at $50.04/bbl (£38.03/bbl).

The pound is valued at €1.15.