By Paul Homewood
While gas was responsible for nearly half of all electricity generated last month, we must not lose sight of its contribution to the rest of the energy that we rely on.
Official data for overall gas consumption in Q1 won't be available for a couple of months yet, but at this time last year total gas demand in Q1 amounted to 312 TWh, about four times that used for electricity:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gas-section-4-energy-trends
And that was only the figure for the quarter as a whole. Demand would have peaked much higher during the coldest weather, and at certain times of the day.
To get an idea of these peaks, take a look at this graph from Imperial College:
https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2016/09/12/oxburghs-ccs-illusion/
They reckoned that demand for gas, including for electricity, peaks at around 350 GW during winter. In comparison, electricity demand peaks at around 50 GW.
from Climate Change Skeptic Blogs via hj on Inoreader http://bit.ly/2BpkT13
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