Name: Did coal just rescue the UK gas market?
Brand: Wood Mackenzie
SKU: 83851
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Author: Wood Mackenzie

Insight 12 March 2018

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Report summary

The resilience of the UK gas market was tested to its limits as temperatures plunged between 26 February and 3 March 2018. Gas demand for space heating surged, attracting flexible gas supply from storage, LNG and interconnectors. The UK gas market has adequate capacity to meet such a spike but a coalescence of supply issues coincided with the cold snap. Coal capacity was fully dispatched as the gas market struggled to balance. The UK government is pushing ahead to phase out coal generation by 2025. But with indigenous gas production in decline, the UK must act now to improve the resilience of its gas market in the absence of coal as a backstop.

Flexible gas supply responds
After a long absence, coal plays a key supporting role
But coal capacity in the UK remains under threat
UK gas production decline increases the reliance on flexible gas supply
A Rough deal for storage
How likely is a repeat event for the UK gas market?
The UK must act now to improve resilience for the future

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Gas supply to UK (25 Feb-5 Mar)Flexible gas supply vs NBP day-aheadUK LNG storage inventory vs capacity (winter 2017/18)UK power generation - hourly 19/02/2018-05/03/2018 (interactive chart)