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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 13 January 2017

On Friday 13 January, demand averaged 39.9 GW. Renewables supplied 27%.

39.9GW AVERAGEWind9.78 GW24%Hydro0.84 GW2%Solar0.49 GW1%Gas14.70 GW36%Coal7.23 GW17%Imports1.65 GW4%Nuclear6.63 GW16%39.9GW AVERAGE24%36%17%16%
Price
£53.33/MWh
Day average £53.33
Demand39.9GW
Generation 39.7Transfers 0.2
Fossil fuels36%
Renewables27%
Other20%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Friday 13 January 2017, gas supplied 36% of Great Britain’s electricity and wind 24%. Demand peaked at 49.1 GW at 17:20. The price £53.33/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 11.2 GW at 04:05. Solar generation peaked at 2.9 GW at 12:30. The wholesale price ranged from £30.79/MWh at 03:30 to £84.79/MWh at 18:00. Gas made 37% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 43% across 2017.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 0.491.2%Wind 9.7823.7%Gas 14.7035.6%Hydro 0.842.0%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 6.6316.0%Coal 7.2317.5%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 39.9avgGeneration 39.7avgTransfers 0.2avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand49.1GW · 17:20
Low 27.9 · 03:55Avg 39.90–60 GW
Made in Great Britain99%of demand
Generation 39.7Transfers 0.2 GW
Net imports10GWh
In
30 Out
20
Zero-carbon share45%of generation
Nuclear 17%Hydro 2%Wind 25%Solar 1%

Transfers · Fri 13 Jan

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 13 January 2017, Great Britain imported 30 GWh and exported 20 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from Netherlands (22 GWh), and the most exports went to France (17 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 13 Jan
Imported
30GWh
Exported
20GWh
Net in
10GWh
Average net flow
0.41GW 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

Average0.62GWExporting

In 1.9 GWhOut 16.8 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.11GWImporting

In 5.6 GWhOut 3.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.92GWImporting

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

Average0.19GWPumping

Generated 10.0 GWhPumped 14.5 GWh

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