Great Britain’s grid operator pays £10m for extra power to avoid supply crunch tonight
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Great Britain's grid operator has paid about £10 million to avoid a power supply crunch on Wednesday evening.
大不列顛的電網營運商已支付了約 1000 萬英鎊，以避免在週三晚上出現電力供應緊張的局面。
#2
The National Energy System Operator, known as Neso, needed extra electricity because extreme heat was putting pressure on the energy system.
被稱為 Neso 的國家電力系統營運商需要額外的電力，因為極端高溫正給能源系統帶來壓力。
#3
Many households have been turning on air conditioning units and electric fans, which has increased demand across the country.
許多家庭一直在開冷氣和電風扇，這增加了全國的用電需求。
#4
Neso issued a notice on Tuesday night that asked power generators to provide any extra electricity they could.
Neso 在週二晚上發布了一份通知，要求發電廠提供他們所能提供的任何額外電力。
#5
The grid operator agreed to pay about £1,400 per megawatt-hour for imported electricity from Europe.
電網營運商同意支付每百萬瓦時約 1,400 英鎊的價格，以購買從歐洲進口的電力。
#6
This price was nearly 20 times higher than the average electricity market price in June last year.
這個價格幾乎是去年六月平均電力市場價格的 20 倍。
#7
The warning was cancelled on Wednesday afternoon after enough power had been secured.
在確保有足夠的電力後，該警告於週三下午被取消。
#8
A Neso spokesperson explained that extremely high temperatures were affecting both Great Britain and the European continent.
一位 Neso 發言人解釋，極端高溫正同時影響著大不列顛與歐洲大陸。
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The spokesperson also said that low wind had reduced the amount of electricity produced by wind farms.
該發言人也表示，微風減少了風力發電廠所產生的電量。
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However, the government-owned body stated that the electricity supply was not at risk.
然而，這個政府所有的機構表示，電力供應並沒有面臨風險。
#11
The decision to issue a warning did not mean that a blackout was going to happen.
發布警告的決定並不意味著將會發生停電。
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Neso manages the energy systems in England, Scotland, and Wales.
Neso 管理英格蘭、蘇格蘭和威爾斯的電力系統。
#13
On Tuesday evening, the operator had warned that it would need an extra 1,900 megawatts of power.
在週二晚上，該營運商曾警告，它將需要額外 1,900 百萬瓦的電力。
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Without this extra supply, there would not be enough electricity to power homes and businesses.
如果沒有這項額外的供應，將會沒有足夠的電力來為家庭和企業供電。
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The total cost of securing extra power was more than four times the usual daily average.
確保額外電力供應的總成本是平常每日平均水準的四倍以上。