Power consumption soars even higher as mercury hits 37 degrees

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ENERGY
Power consumption soars even higher as mercury hits 37 degrees
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The 37-degree weather was the main cause of power consumption yesterday afternoon hitting a new high so far this year of 27.2 gigawatts.

It was the third record-breaking peak of this year after 27.14GW on April 21 and 27.06GW on April 7.

Sunchai Khamnoonset, governor of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, said the state enterprise was preparing sufficient electricity and fuel to meet demand

Everyone can make a contribution to saving energy in such ways as cleaning air-conditioners, turning off unnecessary lights, keeping air-conditioners at 25 degrees Celsius, unplugging unused appliances and shifting to energy-saving light bulbs, he said.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Power-consumption-soars-even-higher-as-mercury-hit-30259575.html


-- The Nation 2015-05-08

[thesetat2013]

They charge a lot more when you use more power. They should be happy for this surge and happy for all of the extra money they will make. Unfortunately, this is Thailand where they wait until the last minute or after the fact to do anything so they surely don't have the capability to meet or exceed the consumption needs of the people.

[BSJ]

Back in Oz the power stations have what they call a 'Rolling Reserve' which is one of the generators running at a fast idle but not producing power. Should demand shot up they bring on line more steam boilers and in a short period of time they will have excess power to cover the increase in demand. It's also handy if one generator has trouble and they have to shut it down.

Surely the PEA EGA use this method also?

Edited May 7, 2015 by BSJ

[ToddinChonburi]

Should also read due to very poor insulation and window codes.

[halloween]

Back in Oz the power stations have what they call a 'Rolling Reserve' which is one of the generators running at a fast idle but not producing power. Should demand shot up they bring on line more steam boilers and in a short period of time they will have excess power to cover the increase in demand. It's also handy if one generator has trouble and they have to shut it down.

Surely the PEA EGA use this method also?

Close, but not quite. Usually it is several units at less than max capacity, as powdered fuel boilers become unstable at very low load. These units are paid at a higher rate per MWh than base load to make it attractive for the owners. An even higher rate is paid for units with a rapid response time (steam boilers have an inherent lag in response) such as hydro to "load follow" ie rapidly change output up and down to cover the minor demand fluctuations.