Having closed Longannet power station, Scotland has become the first area of the UK to seriously gamble with its electricity supplies

With the recent closure of Longannet power station by Scottish Power, Scotland has become the first area of the UK to take a serious gamble with electricity supply

It will take not just good management but a serious amount of good luck for the fossil-fuel funeral wake not to be spoiled by flickering or failure of the lights.

In short, we may be heading into dangerous territory. The UK needs to get a strategy together for building new gas-fired or coal-fired power, fitted with carbon capture and storage technology, before the situation deteriorates any further.

Read the Scottish Energy News POLICY PLATFORM article in full: –

http://www.scottishenergynews.com/platform/with-the-closure-of-longannet-scotland-has-become-the-first-area-of-the-uk-to-take-a-serious-gamble-with-electricity-supply/

Meanwhile, power delivered to the UK grid last month (March 2016) was generated by the following sources:

• Coal: 15.83%
• Gas power stations: 41.61%
• Nuclear: 20.30%
• Wind: 5.94%
• Hydro: 1.41%
• Interconnectors: 8.26% net (with 5.57% from France and 2.76% from Holland)

During March the average daily price for power was £34.92/MWh and the spot price for gas was 29.28p/thm.

Source: EnergyUK