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2.5 continued<br />

Plant margins<br />

Figure 2.5.4:<br />

Gone green wind sensitivities<br />

Plant Margin<br />

80%<br />

70%<br />

60%<br />

50%<br />

40%<br />

30%<br />

20%<br />

10%<br />

0%<br />

Figure 2.5.4 shows how these de-rated margins<br />

would be affected by different assumptions for the<br />

level of wind generation availability in the Gone<br />

Green scenario. This highlights the importance<br />

this assumption has, with the range growing<br />

significantly as the amount of wind capacity<br />

in this scenario increases. This also highlights<br />

that the variance in wind generation availability<br />

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2012<br />

2013<br />

0% to 80%<br />

2014<br />

2015<br />

2016<br />

Wind @ 60%<br />

2017<br />

2018<br />

2019<br />

2020<br />

Wind @ 40%<br />

2021<br />

2022<br />

2023<br />

2024<br />

2025<br />

2026<br />

2027<br />

2028<br />

Wind @ 20% Wind @ 8%<br />

2029<br />

2030<br />

2031<br />

will have a significant effect on how we operate<br />

the transmission system, with the amount of<br />

capacity assumed in each scenario based on an<br />

assumption that, for security of supply purposes,<br />

wind availability is low. These operational<br />

challenges are explored in detail in Chapter 4 of<br />

this document.<br />

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