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Great Britain’s electricity on Wednesday 11 January 2017

On Wednesday 11 January, demand averaged 38.0 GW. Renewables supplied 31%.

38.0GW AVERAGEWind10.80 GW27%Hydro0.82 GW2%Solar0.52 GW1%Gas12.87 GW33%Coal5.69 GW14%Imports1.59 GW4%Nuclear7.15 GW18%38.0GW AVERAGE27%33%14%18%
Price
£49.83/MWh
Day average £49.83
Demand38.0GW
Generation 37.9Transfers 0.2
Fossil fuels33%
Renewables31%
Other22%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Wednesday 11 January 2017, gas supplied 33% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 27%. Demand peaked at 48.6 GW at 17:20. The price £49.83/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 11.8 GW at 13:10. Solar generation peaked at 2.7 GW at 12:30. The wholesale price ranged from £42.25/MWh at 04:30 to £78.32/MWh at 17:00. Gas made 34% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 43% across 2017.

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Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.521.3%Wind 10.8027.4%Gas 12.8732.6%Hydro 0.822.1%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 7.1518.1%Coal 5.6914.4%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 38.0avgGeneration 37.9avgTransfers 0.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand48.6GW · 17:20
Low 26.0 · 04:25Avg 38.00–60 GW
Made in Great Britain100%of demand
Generation 37.9Transfers 0.2 GW
Net imports8GWh
In
30 Out
22
Zero-carbon share51%of generation
Nuclear 19%Hydro 2%Wind 29%Solar 1%

Transfers · Wed 11 Jan

Interconnectors and storage

On Wednesday 11 January 2017, Great Britain imported 30 GWh and exported 22 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (22 GWh), and the most exports went to France (19 GWh).

All interconnectors

Wed 11 Jan
Imported
30GWh
Exported
22GWh
Net in
8GWh
Average net flow
0.34GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average0.74GWExporting

In 1.7 GWhOut 19.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.15GWImporting

In 6.0 GWhOut 2.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.93GWImporting

In 22.2 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.18GWPumping

Generated 8.3 GWhPumped 12.7 GWh

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