Last edited 17 Jan 2023

Spinning reserve

Planning our electric future: a White Paper for secure, affordable and low-carbon electricity, Glossary, published by the Department of Energy & Climate Change on 14 July 2011, defines spinning reserve as: ‘The extra generating capacity that is available by increasing the power output of generators that are already generating electricity into the network.’

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