Chris Wickins

Technical Director @field__energy

[Chris Wickins @EngToThePeople]

Oooooo, @NationalGridESO stability pathfinder projects have been added to the TEC register. Well done ESB for having 2 connections in 2023!

[Chris Wickins @EngToThePeople]

@Welshpower1 and @ESBNetworks were the first to submit planning applications *a year ago* for greenfield syncons. Of 7 applications submitted between us, only 2 have been granted planning so far. The amount of time planning takes is a major risk for these projects. (3/3)

[Chris Wickins @EngToThePeople]

Statkraft’s @NationalGridESO #stabilitypathfinder and battery storage planning application at Neilston (which is next to Hunterston) has been refused by Renfrewshire council. (1/3)

[Chris Wickins @EngToThePeople]

Having developed 4 of these projects, my view is that developers are taking a lot of risk locating projects in inappropriate places so good for Renfrewshire for having a backbone and refusing permission in the face of essential infrastructure arguements. (2/3)

[Chris Wickins @EngToThePeople]

#Field are in the ground at our first site in Oldham. Great to meet the ⁦@G2energy⁩ team delivering the project today

[Chris Wickins @EngToThePeople]

Lots of cool job klaxons going off at my new company (to coin a phrase from ⁦@ELPinchbeck⁩). Come and join a genuinely dynamic team at an incredibly exciting time for this #Field https://t.co/XCbGoX93Yx

[National Energy System Operator @neso_energy]

Another significant step on the road to a #zerocarbon #electricity⚡️ system as @triton__power's former gas turbines at Deeside start a new life providing stability services to the grid, helping to enable more #wind🌬️ and #solar☀️ generation.

Full story 👉https://t.co/FLzlUGJmcx

[Chris Wickins @EngToThePeople]

@ELPinchbeck Erm, I have a confession. It was recycled yesterday as the spare bedroom was getting prepped for baby number 2! (Figured you aren’t that hard to find online!!)

[Chris Wickins @EngToThePeople]

@ELPinchbeck do you think this worth a small fortune now?

[Chris Wickins @EngToThePeople]

@planetkooler @Zapaman @mwt2008 @SunampLtd Lovely to see some data from an MMSP. I worked on the RHI uplift for them but none had been installed when I left DECC. Do you think it was worth the extra money?

[Chris Wickins @EngToThePeople]

@GrahamCooley4 @ScottishPower @boc @SPRenewables Congratulations! Do you have a reference for the planning app?

[Chris Wickins @EngToThePeople]

@LaurenceCopson @IanBottomer @ng_eso @Welshpower1 Because we’re over deliverers! Real answer is to do with speed of delivery by supplier

[Chris Wickins @EngToThePeople]

Hey @ng_eso, what do you think of @Welshpower1's #stability pathfinder phase 1 flywheel? We think it's awesome... Will be spinning 50 times per second in the autumn to help increase % low carbon generation

[Chris Wickins @EngToThePeople]

@IanBottomer @ng_eso @Welshpower1 Nothing! The flywheel is connected to a synchronous condenser. That’s what keeps it synchronised. In inertia terms, the syncon does about 1/3 and the flywheel 2/3. 1.1GW.s in total

[Chris Wickins @EngToThePeople]

Wow CM 2024/25: the year of the 299MW OCGT!

[Chris Wickins @EngToThePeople]

@ng_eso what is the lowest ever GB transmission connected wind power output in the last 5 years or so? Today?

[Chris Wickins @EngToThePeople]

@NotionalGrid Do you know if the OCGT developments were included?

[Chris Wickins @EngToThePeople]

@enappsys Wow indeed. There was me thinking lockdown was starting again and that would reduce demand...

[Chris Wickins @EngToThePeople]

@DamianClough2 @NotionalGrid @watsonjim2 @richonlyinname It’s ok though, they get paid to turn off

[Chris Wickins @EngToThePeople]

@enappsys Been a while since I’ve seen a PH meme. Let’s have some more please Phil!