01-10-2021, 11:03
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laeva recumbens anguis
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 67
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Posts: 42,221
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Re: Energy companies collapse
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Originally Posted by Carth
You'd think that with all the benefits that Double/Triple Glazing, Loft Insulation and Cavity Wall Insulation bring to homes, gas usage would be falling like a brick . . more so given the newer power generating technologies in place (wind turbines, solar power), so who's using it all?
Is the domestic customer paying the price for ever expanding business usage?
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No…
https://assets.publishing.service.go...lectricity.pdf
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Electricity demand reached a record low in 2020 of 330.0 TWh, down 4.6 per cent compared to 2019.
Though electricity demand has been declining year on year since 2015, the larger reduction seen in 2020 was primarily a result of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Restrictions in response to Covid-19 led to decreased industrial and commercial electricity consumption, but higher domestic consumption. Industrial use of electricity, including iron and steel, was down 9.3 per cent in 2020 compared to 2019, and consumption by other final users, including the commercial sector, decreased by 11.2 per cent. Conversely, domestic consumption increased by 3.9 per cent in 2020, in comparison with 2019.
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Total generation capacity decreased in 2020 to 75.8 GW, a 2.7 per cent decrease on the 77.9 GW capacity in 2019. While there were increases in renewable capacity, in particular off-shore wind, this was offset by the closure of coal power station Fiddler’s Ferry and nuclear station Dungeness B.
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