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blue toon hibby said:
MemoriesWe’re in a caravan at Findhorn - thunder, lightning and torrential rain for much of the night so it was pretty noisy. Off for a walk soon before the next storm rumbles through.
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No seen, or heard, a show like that before. It woke me and by the time I realised what it was and got my phone oot most of it had gone.
The dug was going Tonto doon the stairs. She lay beside me for the rest of the night.
Long time since I had a dug in bed.
Memories
Tonight Show Crying GIF by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
 
greencol said:
No. Nothing on the coast either.
It did say thunderstorms were possible, but not a thing here.
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Had a few rumbles of thunder up here this morning but no more than a light drizzle on the morning walk. Got an 80 mile drive home after the gig tonight so hoping it stays like this.
 
Got up for a pee at 2am, one flash of lightning and a distant rumble of thunder.
Slept like a baby.
 
Slept straight through it. Had no idea.

Photos and videos are cool though
 
That was absolutely incredible. I’ve not seen anything like that since I was in India in the 90s. Awe inspiring.
 
Brilliant. The good weather is back. Nowt like a nice bit rain to cheer someone up.

Get The Smiths, Joy Division, Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on.

Happy days 😆😆
 
I thought that solar power was the way forward?.......


Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears​

Timing of Devon switchoff ‘could not be worse’, says board, as members face an estimated £2m in lost revenue.

The surge in rooftop solar power is particularly difficult to manage during the summer when long, sunny days lead to more generation than a local grid might need.

www.theguardian.com

Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears

Timing of Devon switchoff ‘could not be worse’, says board, as members face an estimated £2m in lost revenue
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
 
EH17 Jimmy said:
I thought that solar power was the way forward?.....


Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears​

Timing of Devon switchoff ‘could not be worse’, says board, as members face an estimated £2m in lost revenue.

The surge in rooftop solar power is particularly difficult to manage during the summer when long, sunny days lead to more generation than a local grid might need.

www.theguardian.com

Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears

Timing of Devon switchoff ‘could not be worse’, says board, as members face an estimated £2m in lost revenue
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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It is, but there isn't a constant demand, so there have to be steps to mange the grid.
 
EH17 Jimmy said:
I thought that solar power was the way forward?.....


Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears​

Timing of Devon switchoff ‘could not be worse’, says board, as members face an estimated £2m in lost revenue.

The surge in rooftop solar power is particularly difficult to manage during the summer when long, sunny days lead to more generation than a local grid might need.

www.theguardian.com

Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears

Timing of Devon switchoff ‘could not be worse’, says board, as members face an estimated £2m in lost revenue
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Good,solar farms should be banned. Just put solar panels on every roof
 
paigntonhibby said:
Good,solar farms should be banned. Just put solar panels on every roof
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It's alot easier to change panels on a solar farm than on every rooftop in 30 years time.

Solar farms are fine, but we should be putting them in places where they can be multipurpose.
I saw an idea for putting them in open air carparks. So they sit 8-10 ft above ground, cars park underneath. Keeps all the cars cool and sooks up the sun.
 
Hammi said:
It's alot easier to change panels on a solar farm than on every rooftop in 30 years time.

Solar farms are fine, but we should be putting them in places where they can be multipurpose.
I saw an idea for putting them in open air carparks. So they sit 8-10 ft above ground, cars park underneath. Keeps all the cars cool and sooks up the sun.
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That is a brilliant idea
 
Hammi said:
It's alot easier to change panels on a solar farm than on every rooftop in 30 years time.

Solar farms are fine, but we should be putting them in places where they can be multipurpose.
I saw an idea for putting them in open air carparks. So they sit 8-10 ft above ground, cars park underneath. Keeps all the cars cool and sooks up the sun.
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I read that Switzerland have been trialing panels in between railway tracks. Power is used to run the trains. 3 year trial but they plan to roll it out after 1 👍
 
blue toon hibby said:
The Chinese are planting crops between the rows of solar panels - I wouldn’t imagine anyone in power in the UK thought of that.
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I don't think you'll get many crops in land under/around a solar farm.
The lack of sunlight to the ground and uneven rainwater would make it pretty unsuitable I'd have thought?

Isn't this thing them actually reclaiming desert?

So it's good for growth in extremely dry environments, but no as good for farmland like we're doing.
 
EH17 Jimmy said:
So if they are producing so much energy why are prices so high?
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There's no demand for it - it's the middle of summer. Electricity prices are linked to gas, because that's the fuel that is used to meet gaps in supply. You can argue whether that's the right approach but it does prevent blackouts.
 
Hammi said:
I don't think you'll get many crops in land under/around a solar farm.
The lack of sunlight to the ground and uneven rainwater would make it pretty unsuitable I'd have thought?

Isn't this thing them actually reclaiming desert?

So it's good for growth in extremely dry environments, but no as good for farmland like we're doing.
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Can’t remember the details but you could be right.
 
Archie said:
There's no demand for it - it's the middle of summer. Electricity prices are linked to gas, because that's the fuel that is used to meet gaps in supply. You can argue whether that's the right approach but it does prevent blackouts.
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But does that not point to a major problem Archie?

There's no demand when the sun is out and there's no sun to power them when the leccy is needed.
 
EH17 Jimmy said:
But does that not point to a major problem Archie?

There's no demand when the sun is out and there's no sun to power them when the leccy is needed.
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It's not a problem if you have a good energy mix. And solar panels do produce energy all year around.
 
Archie said:
It's not a problem if you have a good energy mix. And solar panels do produce energy all year around.
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Seems complicated to me. Things gather power then get turned off.

Ah well. I'm sure bills will plummet soon.
 
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