Eclipse of Reason: How a Rare Solar Event Exposes Britain's Grid Woes The UK is bracing for a near total solar eclipse, but what's more astonishing than the moon's shadow on our skies is the grid's desperation to keep up.
The National Energy System Operator has been flagging an electricity shortage, prompting multi million pound payments to gas plants to generate backup power.
The Connah's Quay gas plant in Flintshire will be running at breakneck speed on Wednesday afternoon, producing electricity at £875 per megawatt hour – nearly four times the market price.