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40000
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30000
25000
20000
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10000
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12–Jul–2010
13–Jul–2010
14–Jul–2010
15–Jul–2010
16–Jul–2010
16–Jul–2010
16–Jul–2010
GB Electricity Demand and Generation, w/c Monday 12 July 2010
Demand/Generation, MW
Pumped storage
Wind
Hydro
Interconnector
Oil
Coal
Gas
Nuclear
FIGURE 1.1
Variation in total power demand and generation during one week in 2010. (Adapted from
GB electricity demand variation, pp. 49–53, GB Electricity demand variation—2010 Football
World Cup, Energy Trends, September 2010, Department of Energy and Climate Change, United
Kingdom.)
FIGURE 2.1
Anode cover material overowing the anode yokes and collapsing due to its high internal
tempe ...