Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-34581412-20171118174416/@comment-26829117-20171128180000

They don't just manage it at night :-), they manage it all the time. It depends on the type of plant as to how easy it is to vary production. Coal is generally left running at maximum all day and night to provide base load though this has largely been replaced with wind and biomass plants in the UK now. Nuclear is the same, if you don't generate electricity from it you waste it. Gas is used to vary supply with demand.

TorrelloRR3 is absolutely correct, wind has the same problem as nuclear. You can use it to vary supply but you waste it if you don't use it. Much better the have all turbines running at maximum all the time and store the energy when you aren't using it. That could significantly cut down on our dependency on gas. After all, one thing the UK has a lot of is wind.