A Nottinghamshire power station is on standby as hot weather is set to cause rising demand for electricity to power air conditioning. Operators of the coal-fired plant in Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Uniper, have confirmed the site has been asked to be on standby.
The Met Office is forecasting a hot and dry week for Nottingham, with highs of 28°C expected. Parts of the UK also recorded the country's hottest day of the year so far over the weekend.
With the warm conditions set to continue, the National Grid's electricity system operator (ESO) is expecting extra demand as homes and businesses turn air conditioning units on. The ESO therefore made the standby request to Uniper early on Monday (June 12).
