A pleasing control panel for the National Grid I came across

[Richard Hakluyt]

I like it :

http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/

[Brazen]

This is relevant to my interests 

[mongers]

I like it :

http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/

Yes, it's rather neat.

Found it's a useful place to point eco-warriors towards. 

[celedhring]

Love comparing it to France's:

http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/france/

Much bigger demand than in the UK, and all those nuclear plants...

[mongers]

Love comparing it to France's:

http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/france/

Much bigger demand than in the UK, and all those nuclear plants...

Yeah it's almost like it's a glimpse into the future. 

[Richard Hakluyt]

Yes, interestiing that the French seem to use 50% more electricity per person. Perhaps they are less likely to use natural gas to heat their homes and water  ?

[mongers]

Yes, interestiing that the French seem to use 50% more electricity per person. Perhaps they are less likely to use natural gas to heat their homes and water  ?

I'm sure you're correct.

IIRC the BP website will have a large spreadsheet to download with all of that on it.

edit:
my estimate for last year suggests something like 510 million C02  for the UK and 382 million for France, big difference for two countries with near identifical populations and quite similar economic output.

[Richard Hakluyt]

I like the look of the tidal lagoon plan :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31682529

The tides are completely predictable of course, which is unusual for a renewable energy source.

[mongers]

I like the look of the tidal lagoon plan :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31682529

The tides are completely predictable of course, which is unusual for a renewable energy source.

Yes, but it's surprising it's taken us this long to get around to planning these things, nothing about them is really new technology.

[Richard Hakluyt]

This wiki (with info from the CIA factbook) will do for a rough answer on the gas consumption :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_natural_gas_consumption

So we use twice as much.

Incidentally this has implications for carbon dioxide reductions. Renewable energy projects tend to have boasts such as "will provide electricity for 100,000 households" attached to them. That is all very well but many UK households use far more kWh in the form of natural gas than electricity.

[Duque de Bragança]

Yes, interestiing that the French seem to use 50% more electricity per person. Perhaps they are less likely to use natural gas to heat their homes and water  ?

That is correct. People only use "gas" (not necessarily natural) for cooking. It's also used by factories though.

[mongers]

This wiki (with info from the CIA factbook) will do for a rough answer on the gas consumption :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_natural_gas_consumption

So we use twice as much.

Incidentally this has implications for carbon dioxide reductions. Renewable energy projects tend to have boasts such as "will provide electricity for 100,000 households" attached to them. That is all very well but many UK households use far more kWh in the form of natural gas than electricity.

Good point.

I'd wonder if one can come up with a ball park figure for how much C02 the French nuclear industry has saved versus our efforts?