How a day of havoc unfolded on Britain's electricity grid

An article by Kathryn Porter in The Times on Saturday underlines the contribution that tidal range and tidal lagoons such as the North Wales tidal Lagoon could make to help stabilise the UK's electricity grid.

https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/energy/article/national-grid-britain-energy-zzp9ptprs

High wind output on 29th May, despite being below expectations, created local surpluses. The NESO Control room had to make almost 6,500 balancing actions by 2pm on the day.

How could our tidal lagoon have helped? By providing predictable power and the inertia offered by large conventional turbines to act as brakes and slowing changes in grid frequency.